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Republic Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Iron, 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. 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 10174502
MRDS ID D011686
MAS/MILS ID 0350170437
Record type Site
Current site name Republic Mine
Alternate or previous names Republic Iron
Related records 10100692

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.08251, 32.83201 (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 E2SENE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.08251, 32.83201
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Empire Zinc Co
    Year 1930
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.; U.V. Industries
    Home office Utah
    Year 1947

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONNECTS WITH UNION HILL MINE

  • Deposit

    PART OF UNION HILL MINE

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINES INDEX

  • Deposit

    EXTENDS INTO SECTION 21

  • Deposit

    KELLEY V C GEOL & ECONOMICS OF NM IRON-ORE DEPOSITS 1949

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

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