Barranca Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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 10223235
MRDS ID D009528
MAS/MILS ID 0350170329
Record type Site
Current site name Barranca Mine
Alternate or previous names Patanka Mine, Malone Mines, Hillcrest Mine, Young Man Mine
Related records 10013305

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.52482, 32.54402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1806
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Eye Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020 S 016 W 29 NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.52482, 32.54402

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type 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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leach, A. A.
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1964

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NO OTHER INFO ON LOCATION OF SEPARATE MINES

  • Deposit

    IMPOSSIBLE TO DIFFENTIATE LOCATIONS

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN E NMBM BUL 83 P111

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.