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Ohio Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014791
MRDS ID D011735
Record type Site
Current site name Ohio Mine
Related records 10271608

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.23951, 32.86261 (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
017S 014W 01 NE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN KEY VEIN

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.23951, 32.86261
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mountain Key Vein

Ore body information

  • Strike N44E
    Dip STEEPLY NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pinos Altos District

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN. ORE AVERAGED 8.6 G/T AU, 238 G/T AG, 8% ZN, AND 1.5% CU.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, TUNNELS, ADITS, AND SOME SURFACE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN (N44E) SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN KEY VEIN IN ANDESITE BRECCIA. VEIN DIPS STEEPLY NW.

Reporter information

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

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