Nugent Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Iron
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014761
MRDS ID D011678
Record type Site
Current site name Nugent Mine
Alternate or previous names Booth
Related records 10199052

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.07144, 32.80844 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
017S 012W 22 S2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Santa Rita Stock
    Rock description Santa Rita Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oswaldo
    Rock description Oswaldo
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.07144, 32.80844

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Of Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fierro-Hanover District

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1943-1944
    Description Cp_Grade: ^55% Fe Ave Grade
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 55wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • KELLEY, V. C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P. 120-122.

Comments on the workings information

  • BENCHES AND SHALLOW OPENCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V. C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES NO. 2, P. 120-122.

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C. M., AND KELLY, F. J., 1963, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8190, P. 28-30.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 313.

  • Production

    PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE FOR NUGENT AND BOOTH MINES COMBINED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIAN OSWALDO LIMESTONE ALONG NORTH SIDE OF SANTA RITA STOCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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