| Deposit ID | 60000045 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001303 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Picuris District |
| Alternate or previous names | Copper Hill, Copper Ridge, Copper Mountain, Dixon, Glenwoody, Harding Mine, Hondo Canyon, Penasco, Picuras, Rinconada |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.78617, 36.21925 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | PICURIS DISTRICT INCLUDES THE ENTIRE PICURIS RANGE, A TRIANGULAR AREA BOUNDED ON THE NORTHWEST BY THE RIO GRANDE, ON THE SOUTH BY EMBUDO CREEK AND THE RIO PUEBLO, AND ON THE EAST BY THE RIO GRANDE DEL RANCHO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Taos(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Trampas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Taos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)
Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Taos |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tantalum Critical | Primary |
| Beryllium Critical | Primary |
| Lithium Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Bismuth Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Kyanite | Tertiary |
| Calcium | Tertiary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Tertiary |
| (1) | -105.78617, 36.21925 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| District name | PICURIS DISTRICT |
|---|
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 89-91
MONTGOMERY, A., 1953 NMBMMR BULL 30, 89 PAGES
REDMON, D.E., 1961 USBM IC-8013, P. 63-67
SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 97-106
COOPER, J. R., 1962, USGS RESOURCE MAP MR-22.
LEMMON, D. M., AND TWETO, O. L., 1962, USGS MAP MR-2S
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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