| Deposit ID | 60000394 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D012096 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Central District: Bayard Subdistrict |
| Alternate or previous names | Bayard, Central City, Copper Flat, Fort Bayard, Vanadium |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.10641, 32.13373 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE GROUNDHOG MINE. THE DISTRICT IS CENTERED AROUND THE COMMON CORNER OF T. 17, 18 S., R. 12, 13 W. THE TERM CENTRAL DISTRICT HAS BEEN APPLIED IN A BROADER SENSE TO INCLUDE THE FIERRO-HANOVER, FIERRO MANGANESE, GEORGETOWN AND SANTA RITA DISTRICTS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = FORT BAYARD (1947) 1:24000 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Luna(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(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 | Grant |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| (1) | -108.10641, 32.13373 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | FAULTING |
| Structure description | GROUNDHOG FAULT SYSTEM, OWL-HOBO FAULT ZONE, NUMEROUS FRACTURE ZONES |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure name | FAULTING |
| Structure description | GROUNDHOG FAULT SYSTEM, OWL-HOBO FAULT ZONE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1869 |
| Year of first production | 1869 |
| District name | CENTRAL DISTRICT: BAYARD SUBDISTRICT |
|---|
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 317-318
LASKY, S.G., 1930, NMBMMR CIRC 2, 4 PAGES
RICHARD, F.W., 1930, USBM IC-6377, 13 PAGES
SPENCER, A.C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935, USGS BULL 859, P. 72-74
LASKEY, S.G., 1936, USGS BULL 870, P. 106-117
MULLEN, D.H., AND STORMS, W.R., 1948, USBM RI-4228, 8 PAGES
THOMPSON, A.J., AND JONES, W.R., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 148-171
JONES, W.R., HERNON, R.M., AND MOORE, S.L., 1967, USGS PP 555, 139 PAGES
ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 60-63
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
MCKNIGHT, E.T., NEWMAN, W.L., AND HEYL, A.V., JR. (COMPILERS), 1962, ZINC IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCLUSIVE OF ALASKA AND HAWAII: USGS MINERAL INV. RESOURCE MAP MR-19, SEPARATE TEXT, 18 P.
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