Nellie Gray Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10010015
MRDS ID D003359
Record type Site
Current site name Nellie Gray Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.76813, 32.29984 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position ABOUT 4.5 MILES S 46 W 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

Gary(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023S 019W 14 CENTER OF S2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE GARY TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.76813, 32.29984

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Banner Mining Co.
    Home office Tucson, Az.
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1978 CONSISTED OF THREE SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1870. SMALL VEIN TRENDING ENE IN GRANODIORITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Richter, D. H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Richter, D. H. 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