Hard Pan Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013303
MRDS ID D009526
Record type Site
Current site name Hard Pan Mine
Alternate or previous names German Mine : Claim Patented In 1957, Hard Pan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.59146, 32.74567 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position ABOUT 18.5 MILES S 82 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

Bullard Peak(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

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018S 017W 15 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT OF THE GERMAN MINE AS SHOWN ON THE REDROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.59146, 32.74567

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Hawk District: Little Bear Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dr. A. J. Kiser
    Home office Colorado Springs, Co.
    First year 1964

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 82.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A SHAFT AND THREE ADITS. THE SHAFT AND THE UPPER ADIT WERE CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, C.H., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 114

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 157-158

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2196 COVERING 20.66 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.