| Deposit ID | 10012340 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007913 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Nitt Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Patented Claim, Silver Bell |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.20671, 34.09592 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2057 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 18 MILES N 82 W OF SOCORRO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Socorro(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Magdalena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Salado(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Socorro |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 002S | 004W | 36 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Nitt Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Nitt Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group |
| Rock description | Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group |
| (1) | -107.20671, 34.09592 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mine Is Located Just East Of The North Striking Waldo Fault. |
| General form | PODS, VEINS AND DISSEMINATED DEPOSITS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| Year of first production | 1904 |
| Year of last production | 1961 |
| District name | Magdalena Mountains Area: Magdalena District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. R. Dobson And W. L. Dobson |
| Home office | Magdalena, N.M. |
| First year | 1961 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tri-Bullion Corp. |
| First year | 1961 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1219.2M |
| Overall depth | 106.68M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007913 |
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 241-258
LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 33-35
LOUGHLIN, G.F., AND KOSCHMANN, A.H., 1942 USGS PP 200, 168 PAGES
ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 135-139
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1900'S |
| Deposit | REPORTED IN 1942 TO CONSIST OF 7 CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 115 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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