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Minneapolis Mine

Occurrence in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010004
MRDS ID D003342
Record type Site
Current site name Minneapolis Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1892, Minneapolis
Related records 10199187

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.52756, 32.46345 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 26 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 19 CENTER New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF SECTION 19.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.52756, 32.46345
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District: Southern Burro Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leach, A. A.
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF AN ADIT AND A SHAFT, BOTH INACCESSIBLE. WORKINGS WERE REPORTED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 830 COVERING 18.91 ACRES.

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

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