Red Hill Deposit

Past Producer in Otero county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271491
MAS/MILS ID 0350350106
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hill Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.81365, 32.96042 (WGS84)
Elevation 2424

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Otero(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Rolls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamogordo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Carlsbad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Otero

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015 S 011 E 05 N2N2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.81365, 32.96042

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOW GRADE DISSEMINATED LEAD MINERALIZATION

  • Deposit

    ALSO EXTENDS INTO S2 SEC 35 T15S R11E NMPM

  • Deposit

    ONLY MINOR SHOWS OF COPPER MINERALIZATION

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR BULLETIN 86 P19, PLATE 11

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.