| Deposit ID | 10013440 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009729 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Hill Mine |
| Related records | 10296047 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.24562, 32.84428 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2164 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 5.5 MILES N 19 E OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Fort Bayard(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 | 017S | 014W | 12 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -108.24562, 32.84428 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1865 |
| Discoverer | W. L. Thompson, J. B. Morrill And Richard Hudson |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| Year of last production | 1943 |
| District name | Pinos Altos District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Silver Hill Mine Corp. |
| Home office | Pinos Altos, N. M. |
| First year | 1940 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. B. Morrill |
| Home office | Silver City, N. M. |
| First year | 1940 |
| Year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1914 To 1943 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.61% Cu. | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1914 To 1943 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 4.49% Pb. | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 274.32M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009729 |
BUSH, F. V., 1915 MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, VOL 42, NO 4, P. 165-167
ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 70-71
JONES, W. R., MOORE, S. L., AND PRATT, W. P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM COVERING ABOUT 20 ACRES. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1860'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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