Great Western Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125982
MAS/MILS ID 0350270136
Record type Site
Current site name Great Western Mine
Alternate or previous names Mabel Pershing Group, Pershing Group, Castle Rock Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.78615, 33.44621 (WGS84)
Elevation 2729
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nogal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruidoso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Hondo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010 S 011 E 15 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Azcon Corp.
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD G B 1959 NMBM BULL 67 P60

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON T B 1973 NMBM CIRC 123 P17

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM 1979 USGS BULL 1453 P106

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references