Big Three

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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 10223429
MRDS ID D009039
MAS/MILS ID 0350130049
Record type Site
Current site name Big Three
Alternate or previous names Ruby Shaft
Related records 10012994

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.57727, 32.44843 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jornada Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021 S 004 E 30 SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.57727, 32.44843

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 Patented

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Johnson, Luchen And Gill
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1935

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM K C 1935 NMBM BULL 11 P200

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 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