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Federal Group

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010038
MRDS ID D003395
Record type Site
Current site name Federal Group
Alternate or previous names Eloro Mine Or El Oro Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.01757, 32.29706 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position ABOUT 18.5 MILES S 79 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

Doubtful Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023S 021W 16,17,20,21 SW (16); SE (17); NE (20); NW (21) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE SAN SIMON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.01757, 32.29706
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 05 W
    Dip 60 TO 80 EAST

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 Steins Pass District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner National Gold And Silver Mining Co.
    First year 1900

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS SHOWN ON THE SAN SIMON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHAFTS AND ADITS.

Comments on development

  • EXTENSIVE DIAMOND DRILLING IN 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-78 Richter, D. 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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