| Deposit ID | 10009212 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001958 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Hill Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Hardscrabble Mine: Patented Claims of the Hardscrabble Group, Silver Lake, Hardscrabble, Owl, Norton, Martin: Patented Claims of the Ridgewood Group, Monrania, Ridgewood: Gold Acre Group of Eight Claims Is Unpatented. |
| Related records | 10295977 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.45256, 31.82125 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1753 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 39.5 MILES S 23 E OF LORDSBURG. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hidalgo(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hachita Peak(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Hidalgo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 028S | 016W | 35 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Tellurium Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Hell-To-Finish Formation |
| Rock description | Hell-To-Finish Formation |
| (1) | -108.45256, 31.82125 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1908 |
| Discoverer | J.E. Predmore And J.M. Wilcox |
| Year of first production | 1908 |
| Year of last production | 1941 |
| District name | Sylvanite District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gold Producers, Inc. |
| Home office | Los Angeles, Ca. |
| First year | 1941 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hidalgo Gold Mines, Inc. |
| Home office | Denver, Colorado |
| First year | 1937 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001958 |
COOPER, J. R., 1962, BISMUTH OF U.S.: USGS MR - 22
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 338, P. 342
LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, P. 93-94
ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 19 AND PLATE 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SIX PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1560 AND 1922. EIGHT UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| 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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