Commercial Mine

Prospect in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150619
MRDS ID D010753
MAS/MILS ID 0350270092
Record type Site
Current site name Commercial Mine
Alternate or previous names Hand-S Group
Related records 10014113

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.82055, 33.55041 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
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

Church Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 009 S 011 E 05 SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.82055, 33.55041

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John E Wright
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHAFT & ADIT ON TOPO MAP

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD G B 1959 NMBM BULL 67 P74

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM 1979 USGS BULL 1453 P76

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