| Deposit ID | 10011897 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007083 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | American Flag and Flagstaff Mines 1880's |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims Patented In 1890 and 1891, American Flag, Flagstaff |
| Related records | 10151148 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.72116, 33.15178 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1951 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 28 MILES N 88 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sierra(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sugarloaf Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Caballo(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Gila National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sierra |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 013S | 009W | 25 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Argentite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Bromyrite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chlorargyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Magdalena Group |
| Rock description | Magdalena Group |
| (1) | Mississippian through Cambrian rocks, undivided |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deposits Occur Along Bullfrog Fault Which Strikes N 13 E. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| Year of last production | 1916 |
| District name | Hermosa (Palomas) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ross, T. G. |
| Home office | Hermosa, N.M. |
| First year | 1916 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nourse, William D. And Lanning, W. H. |
| First year | 1890 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 213.36M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007083 |
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 266-268
HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 90-95, P. 97
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S |
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR IN IRREGULAR PODS AND SHOOTS BENEATH AN IMPERMEABLE SHALE LAYER AND ALONG THE BULLFROG FAULT. 2 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 382 AND 720 COVERING 12.001 ACRES AND 18.83 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-81 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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