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Trimmer Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094272
MRDS ID D003425
Record type Site
Current site name Trimmer Mine
Alternate or previous names Mose Trimmer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.28894, 32.46845 (WGS84)
Elevation 1663
Relative position ABOUT 23 MILES DUE SOUTH OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Werney Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(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
New Mexico 021S 014W 21 N2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT OF THE TRIMMER MINE AS SHOWN ON THE WERNEY HILL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.28894, 32.46845
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Vein Terminates To The Southwest Along The Contact With The Northwest Striking Taylor Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 TO 70 E
    Dip 75 TO 80 NW
    Thickness 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Signal District: White Rock Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. A. Trimmer
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. A. Trimmer
    Home office Oakland, Ca.
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 200 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND A SMALLER, FLOODED SHAFT ABOUT 900 FT. SOUTHEAST OF THE MAIN SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-78 Lawrence, V. A. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

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