Gray Eagle Mine

Occurrence in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062745
MRDS ID TC36295
Record type Site
Current site name Gray Eagle Mine
Related records 10247044

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.55613, 32.43207 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 22S 04E 5 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Piedmont alluvial deposits

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1935
    Period Pre 1924-1935
    Material AG ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Up To 102 Oz/St Ag, 6% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 2879g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 6wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINE WAS WORKED IN 1924.

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 FT OF TUNNELS AND SOME STOPES.

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references