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Red Hill Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Molybdenum
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087869
MRDS ID D010466
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hill Mine
Related records 10150491

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.61395, 31.66875 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position ABOUT 48 MILES S 07 W OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walnut Wells NE(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 030S 017W 30 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE WALNUT WELLS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Oak Creek Tuff
    Rock description Oak Creek Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.61395, 31.66875
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 45 TO 55 W
    Dip 75 TO 85 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Red Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wayne Hickson
    First year 1950
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. F. Fitch; Red Hill Mining Co.
    Home office Hachita, N.M.
    First year 1950

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1909 To 1950
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.18 % Cu.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 0wt-pct
  • Year 1950
    Period 1906 To 1950
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 4.06 Oz Ag/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 115g/mt
  • Year 1950
    Period 1905 To 1950
    Material PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 17.92 % Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 18wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE FROM 1905 TO 1910, 1920, 1922 TO 1926, 1929 TO 1931, 1938, 1941, 1945, 1947 AND 1950.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTS OF TWO INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS AND A 400 FT. MAIN SHAFT CONTAINING TWO LEVELS WITH ABOUT 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1965 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 16TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 213

  • Deposit

    ZELLER, R.A., JR., AND ALPER, A.M., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 84, P. 83-88, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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