| Deposit ID | 10013429 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009713 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Commercial Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Claim Patented In 1892, Commercial |
| Related records | 10125898 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.02505, 32.84844 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2027 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 15.5 MILES N 70 E OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Santa Rita Mine(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)
Federal lands
Gila National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 017S | 011W | 07 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Bromyrite | Ore |
| Cerussite | Ore |
| Chlorargyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Vanadinite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale |
| Rock description | Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale |
| (1) | -108.02505, 32.84844 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| Year of last production | 1942 |
| District name | Georgetown District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Frank Rogers |
| Home office | Santa Rita, N. M. |
| First year | 1942 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rogers And Hughes |
| First year | 1940 |
| Year | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1910 To 1942 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 32.73 Oz Ag/Ton. | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009713 |
JONES, F. A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 45
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 318-319
ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 67
HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306
JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 501 COVERING 12.84 ACRES. |
| Deposit | THE COMMERCIAL MINE WAS ONE OF THE THREE MAJOR MINES OF THE GEORGETOWN DISTRICT WHICH WAS HELD BY THE MIMBRES CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. FROM 1880 TO 1909 AND BY C. P. CRAMER FROM 1910 TO 1922. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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