Energy and Mineral Resources of New Mexico: Metallic Mineral Deposits

McLemore, Virgina T.; Lueth, Virgil W.

doi:10.58799/m-50d

“…Specific references for the areas and parcels are listed in Appendix 1. Additional sources include: Several general reports describing the mineral resources, including types of deposits in New Mexico can be found in Lindgren et al (1910), Howard (1967, North and McLemore (1986), Chenoweth (1989, 2017), McLemore (1984, Bartsch-Winkler and Donatich (1995, 1986a, b, c, d, e, 1996a, 2005a, Bartsch-Winkler (1997, McLemore and Lueth (2017), McLemore and Austin (2017), Goff and Goff (2017), Broadhead (2017), and numerous other reports listed in the references cited.…”

Section: Sources Of Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

“… Metals that are economically important in New Mexico include copper, gold, silver, and molybdenum. Gold and silver resources are described by and all of the metallic deposits are described by McLemore and Lueth (2017). Metals are locatable minerals under the federal classification system.…”

Section: Mining Districtsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…New Mexico has been a significant producer for copper, primarily from the Silver City area McLemore and Lueth, 2017). The reasonably foreseeable development for copper in areas where copper occurs is high although access issues, environmental regulations, and potential permitting delays will hamper development and could decrease the RFD to moderate or low.…”

Section: Coppermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The reasonably foreseeable development for placer gold in areas where gold occurs is high for gold, especially for recreational gold miners (McLemore and Lueth, 2017). The reasonably foreseeable development for commercial development of placer gold is high.…”

Section: Gold and Silvermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…,), McLemore et al (2002, 2005a,McLemore and Lueth (2017),Austin (2017), and. The naming of a mining district or prospect area is a complex and sometimes an arbitrary and emotional issue File and Northrop (1966).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Energy and Mineral Resources of New Mexico: Metallic Mineral Deposits

Abstract: Figure 2. Structure contour map of New Mexico on top of Precambrian basement. Contours refer to feet above or below (-) sea level. Simplified from Broadhead (Broadhead et al., 2009).

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Focus areas for data acquisition for potential domestic resources of 13 critical minerals in the conterminous United States and Puerto Rico — Antimony, barite, beryllium, chromium, fluorspar, hafnium, helium, magnesium, manganese, potash, uranium, vanadium, and zirconium

Mineral-resource Potential of proposed U.S. Bureau Of Land Management exchange of lands with New Mexico State Land Office: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources

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