Texas Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014788
MRDS ID D011728
Record type Site
Current site name Texas Mine
Related records 10150352

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.16311, 32.77928 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
018S 013W 02 NW4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE WEST OF CENTRAL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.16311, 32.77928

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1900

Mining district

District name Central District (Bayard District)

Comments on the production information

  • SOME SILVER AND GOLD PRODUCED. REPORTEDLY THE LARGEST OPERATION IN THE DISTRICT IN THE LATE 1800'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 120M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 120 M. DEEP.

Comments on development

  • OPERATED DURING THE LATE 1800'S. MILL HAD CAPACITY OF 75 TONS PER DAY. IDLE SINCE 1900.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN TRENDING ENE IN CRETACEOUS QUARTZ DIORITE (PORPHYRY) SILL. VEIN IS STEEPLY DIPPING.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references