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Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Bismuth
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009211
MRDS ID D001957
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Occidental Mines, Volney Mine
Related records 10247439

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.22061, 31.75236 (WGS84)
Elevation 1562
Relative position ABOUT 50.5 MILES S 35 E OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Victorio Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 029S 014W 25 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name U-Bar Formation
    Rock description U-Bar Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.22061, 31.75236
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized In Favorable Host Rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1938

Mining district

District name Fremont District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fitch, A. J.
    Home office Hachita, Nm.
    First year 1938
  • Type Owner
    Owner F. B. Brown
    Home office Hachita, N.M.
    First year 1938

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1957 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, SHORT ADITS AND PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1962, BISMUTH OF U.S.: USGS MR - 22

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 347

  • Deposit

    STRONGIN, O., 1957 NMBMMR OFR-18, P. 192-198, PLATES 1 AND 9

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-75 Miller, M. H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAR-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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