Mineral Point Mine

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  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 10014236
MRDS ID D010915
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Point Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1914, Mineral Point

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.24087, 36.70197 (WGS84)
Elevation 2972
Relative position ABOUT 17 MILES N 89 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burned Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson 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 Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 029N 007E 31 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Moppin Metavolcanic Series
    Rock description Moppin Metavolcanic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.24087, 36.70197

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1888
Discoverer R.C. Moody
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Hopewell District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Amarillo Gold Mining Co.
    First year 1935
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. C. Little
    First year 1947

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1968 CONSISTED OF THREE ADITS AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 129

  • Deposit

    BENJOVSKY, T.D., 1945 NMBMMR CIRC 11, 10 PAGES

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 81

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1522 COVERING 20.216 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1983 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.