Sierrite Mine

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Iron
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 10223829
MRDS ID W016594
MAS/MILS ID 0350510316
Record type Site
Current site name Sierrite Mine
Alternate or previous names Sharpshooter Claims
Related records 10072167

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.22369, 32.91202 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Apache Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016 S 004 W 14 SE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.22369, 32.91202

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Imperial Corp
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY EXTENDS INTO SEC 11

  • Deposit

    KELLEY V C 1949 UNIV NEW MEX PUB 2 P207

  • Deposit

    HARRER C M & KELLY F J 1963 USBM IC8190 P66

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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