Reservation Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009999
MRDS ID D003334
Record type Site
Current site name Reservation Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1905, Reservation: Unpatented Claim, Gold Bullion
Related records 10150397

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.53451, 32.45623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1943
Relative position ABOUT 27 MILES S 34 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021S 016W 30 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE GOLD HILL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Burro Mountain Granite
    Rock description Burro Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Bullard Peak Series
    Rock description Bullard Peak Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.53451, 32.45623

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike 400
    Dip 60 TO 80 SE
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized Along A Northeast Trending Fissure Near The Contact Between Mafic Rocks And Felsic Rocks.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District: Southern Burro Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner David Harris
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Leach, A. A.
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1960'S CONSISTED OF THREE SHAFTS, TWO ADITS, A WINZE, 300 FT. OF DRIFTS WITH EXTENSIVE STOPING AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS RANGING FROM 2 TO 6 FT. THICK. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1188 COVERING 17.16 ACRES AND ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Lawrence, V. A. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references