Jersey Lily and Snowflake

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Silver
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014641
MRDS ID D011498
Record type Site
Current site name Jersey Lily and Snowflake
Related records 10296090

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.38256, 32.70012 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Within 10 Secs. To Center Of Sites

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wind Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
018S 015W 34 NW4 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Torbernite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.38256, 32.70012

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS N60-70E, 75-80N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Burro Mnts. District, Tyrone Subdistrict

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^24,000 G/T Ag (Snowflake)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 24000g/mt
  • Year 1907
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^24,000 G/T Ag (Jersey Lily)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 24000g/mt
  • Year 1930
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1,700-2,040 G/T Ag (Jersey Lily)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 1870g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P. 110-111

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1978, USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1031

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-84 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.