| Deposit ID | 10013289 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009509 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Inez Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims Patented In 1932, Inez, Hummer, Lone Jack |
| Related records | 10174967 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.35229, 32.54929 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1852 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 16.5 MILES S 15 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
White Signal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 020S | 015W | 24 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Torbernite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| (1) | -108.35229, 32.54929 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults Strike Northeast And Northwest. Dikes Trend Northeast |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1950 |
| Year of last production | 1954 |
| District name | White Signal District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Phil Tovrea |
| First year | 1954 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. L. Shipp And C. A. Shipp |
| Home office | Mathis, Tx. |
| First year | 1962 |
| Year | 1954 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1954 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade 0.05 U308 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1954 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1954 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade 0.16 U308 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009509 |
GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 93-94, 98, PLATE 7
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN VEINLETS AND COATS FRACTURES IN FAULTED DIKES. THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1979 COVERING ABOUT 50 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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