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Animas Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silica
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10199467
MRDS ID 0003422
MAS/MILS ID 0350230019
Record type Site
Current site name Animas Mine
Alternate or previous names Doubtful Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.77563, 32.63201 (WGS84)
Elevation 1370

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nichols Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 025 S 019 W 15 SESE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.77563, 32.63201
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 1M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N20W:80S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1943

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Allied Chemical Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION - 3100ST FROM 1942-1943 GRADE CA(F2) 63.0% 6075ST FROM 1951-1953 GRAB SAMPLE FROM STOCKPILE CA(F2) 43.0%. SI(02) 28.6%. CA(C03) 19.5%

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK,H.E. 1946 NM BU MINS,MIN RES BULL 21 PP 104.

  • Deposit

    FLEGE,R.F. 1959 NM BU MINS,MIN RES BULL 62 PP 36.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS,F.E. 1966 US BU MINS IC8307 PP 69.

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Mcanulty U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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