Cotton Top Placer

Producer in Otero county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Iron
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295797
MAS/MILS ID 0350350030
Record type Site
Current site name Cotton Top Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.09585, 32.39903 (WGS84)
Elevation 1363

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Otero(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orogrande North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Otero

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022 S 008 E 11 C New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.09585, 32.39903

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Orogrande Placer Syndicate
    Home office Colorado

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALSO LIES IN SECTION 14

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8190 P57

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.