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Republic Mine

Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100692
MRDS ID D011686
Record type Site
Current site name Republic Mine
Alternate or previous names Includes: Republic No. 1 and No. 2 Prior To 1920
Related records 10174502

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.08394, 32.81261 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(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
017S 012W 21 SE4 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Fierro-Hanover Stock
    Rock description Fierro-Hanover Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lake Valley;Oswaldo
    Rock description Lake Valley;Oswaldo

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.08394, 32.81261
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Of Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fierro-Hanover District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Empire Zinc Co.
    Home office New York, N.Y.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION AFTER 1920 LUMPED IN WITH EMPIRE ZINC MINES. PRODUCTION RECORDS PRIOR TO 1920 ARE NOT AVAILABLE. PROBABLY A MAJOR PRODUCER PRIOR TO 1920

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND ADITS

Comments on development

  • ACQUIRED BY EMPIRE ZINC IN 1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E. C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL. 39, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    JONES, W. R., AND HERNON, R. M., 1973, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE PB 214, 371, P. 3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE AT SOUTHEAST MARGIN OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.

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