Austin-Amazon Mines Includes High Point Extension

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Uranium
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. 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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097853
MRDS ID D009522
Record type Site
Current site name Austin-Amazon Mines Includes High Point Extension
Alternate or previous names Austin-Amazon Group Patented In 1918, Claims, Amazon, Bernice, Frankie, Bull Dog, Aldorado, Wilma, Wilma No. 2, Pacific Nos. 1 To 6: Claim Patented In 1897, Austin No.2
Related records 10198854

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.46006, 32.61373 (WGS84)
Elevation 2050
Relative position ABOUT 16 MILES S44W 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

Burro Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 019S 016W 35 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS OF THE AUSTIN-AMAZON MINES AS SHOWN ON THE BURRO PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Burro Mountain Granite;Tyrone Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Burro Mountain Granite;Tyrone Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.46006, 32.61373

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Along The Northeast Striking Austin-Amazon Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 50 TO 55 E
    Dip 65 TO 75 NW
    Thickness 2.44M

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
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1960

Mining district

District name Burro Mountains District: Iron Gulch And Willow Creek Areas

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tejano Mining Co.
    Home office Silver City, N.M.
    First year 1960
  • Type Owner
    Owner L. L. Osmer,R. J. Mccoun, J. A. Dogendorf
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF FIVE SHAFTS UP TO 200 FT. IN DEPTH AND ABOUT 2500 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND TUNNELS. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WERE CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE IN 1961. SURFACE WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND OPENCUTS.

Comments on development

  • TEJANO MINING CO. CONDUCTED A SMALL DRILLING AND SAMPLING PROGRAM IN THE LATE 1950'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83,P. 63-65, FIG.5

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND,D.C.,1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINLETS AND FRACTURE FILLINGS IN ORE SHOOTS WHICH WERE STOPED AN AVERAGE OF 8 FT. IN WIDTH. 14 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 499 AND 1752 COVERING ABOUT 255 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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