| Deposit ID | 10013286 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009506 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cora Miller Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Cora Mitchell Mine |
| Related records | 10295937 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.53673, 32.854 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 16.5 MILES N 71 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mangas Springs(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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 017S | 016W | 06 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Datil Formation | ||||||
| Rock description | Datil Formation | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -108.53673, 32.854 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| Year of last production | 1941 |
| District name | Telegraph District: Northern Burro Mountains; Mangas Creek Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. T. Ward |
| First year | 1941 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Harvey Foster. |
| Home office | Cliff,N.M |
| First year | 1962 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009506 |
LINDGREN,W.,GRATION,L.C.,AND GORDON,C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 326
ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15
GILLERMAN,E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 151-153, PLATE 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT OCCURS AS A VEIN FILLING A NORTHEAST TRENDING FISSURE AND RANGING FROM 1 TO 5 FT. THICK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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