Jeffers Agate Field

Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gemstone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107089
MRDS ID TC36021
Record type Site
Current site name Jeffers Agate Field

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.16368, 33.15871 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gila Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila(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)

Gila Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Comments on the location information

  • N OF SILVER CITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLUME, FLOWER, CARNELIAN AGATE, CLEAR CHALCEDONY, AND DARK RED JASPER PRODUCED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Agate Ore
Chalcedony Ore
Jasper Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.16368, 33.15871

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARTER, M.D., 1977, GEM MATERIALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 267-276

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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