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New Years Gift

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Uranium, Bismuth
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014632
MRDS ID D011488
Record type Site
Current site name New Years Gift

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.38395, 32.51123 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burro Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
020S 015W 22 S2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Uranium Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismutite Ore
Gold Ore
Torbernite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.38395, 32.51123
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Signal District, Southern Burro Mnts.

Production statistics

  • Year 1914
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^6-8% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Copper Copper 7wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P. 96-97

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL VEINS TRENDING E-W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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