1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Ester Mine

Occurrence in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010041
MRDS ID D003398
Record type Site
Current site name Ester Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.03952, 32.2529 (WGS84)

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)

San Simon(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 024S 021W 06 NW4 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.03952, 32.2529
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N67E
    Dip 80SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Mining district

District name Steins Pass (Kimball)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES, ADIT, SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • STAKED IN 1956. INACTIVE IN 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W. E., 1963, NMBMMR OPEN-FILE REPORT, 781 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN (N67E,80SE) IN MIDDLE TERTIARY ANDESITE AND DACITE FLOWS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Lawrence, V. A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site