Union Hill Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Iron
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 10126553
MRDS ID D009730
MAS/MILS ID 0350170498
Record type Site
Current site name Union Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.08391, 32.83451 (WGS84)
Elevation 2043
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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
New Mexico 017 S 012 W 16 NENE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.08391, 32.83451

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U. V. Industries Inc
    Home office Utah
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAGNETITE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT IN LIMESTONE

  • Deposit

    KELLEY VC GEOL & ECON OF NM IRON ORE DEPOSITS 1949

  • Deposit

    OPERATED 1891-1931

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 6361

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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