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Clemmie Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062640
MRDS ID TC36174
Record type Site
Current site name Clemmie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.43283, 31.80681 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 12 MI SW OF HACHITA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hachita Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 29S 16W 30 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN LITTLE HACHITA MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.43283, 31.80681
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sylvanite District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Holcomb, W. T.
    First year 1910

Production statistics

  • Year 1910
    Period 1908-1910
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.94 Oz/St Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 55g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT SHAFT, 20 FT OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD FOUND ON RUSTY JOINT PLANES AND IN STRINGERS IN QUARTZITE BED, OUTSIDE OF GOLD ENRICHED AREA CU INCREASES TO 6%.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) U.S. Geological Survey

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