Full Moon Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013275
MRDS ID D009490
Record type Site
Current site name Full Moon Mine
Alternate or previous names Woodward Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.37034, 32.6904 (WGS84)
Elevation 1839
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES S 41 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tyrone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 019S 015W 02 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1037.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Burro Mountain Granite
    Rock description Burro Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.37034, 32.6904

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 25 TO 40 E
    Dip 65 TO 85 SE
    Thickness 1.22M

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
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Burro Mountains District: Little Burro Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. Yacomo And M. Fuller
    First year 1947
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. S. Woodward
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • MINE WAS IDLE IN 1945 AND 1946.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 40 FT. SHAFT, A 125 FT. SHAFT WITH A 100 FT. DRIFT, AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 110-111

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1037

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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