Gila Mines

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097924
MRDS ID D011746
Record type Site
Current site name Gila Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.22006, 32.88344 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Sisters(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(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
016S 013W 30 SE4 New Mexico

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Kaolin Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.22006, 32.88344

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1860
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Pinos Altos District

Production statistics

  • Year 1937
    Period 1936-1937
    Material ORE ACC
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.3% Cu, 1.4% Pb, 0.73 Oz/Ton Au, 5 Oz/Ton Ag.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 141g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 21g/mt
    Trace Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1954
    Period 1953-1954
    Material ORE ACC
    Description Cp_Grade: ^6.7% Cu, 0.5% Zn, 0.01 Oz/Ton Au, 23.5 Oz/Ton Ag.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 664g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 7wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION BEFORE 1936 BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED IN 1860 AS A AU PLACER. OLD SHAFTS REOPENED AND WORKED INTERMITTANTLY FROM 1936-1955.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DMEA REPORTS (4546)

  • Production

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DMEA REPORTS (4546).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS IN HORNBLENDE QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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