Ontario Mine

Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247367
MRDS ID D009497
MAS/MILS ID 0350170415
Record type Site
Current site name Ontario Mine
Related records 10097851

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -108.95704, 32.85041 (WGS84)
Elevation 1635
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

Steeple Rock(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017 S 020 W 07 N2NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -108.95704, 32.85041

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Billingsley, Ben
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1964
  • Type Operator
    Owner Norart Minerals Ltd.
    Year 1964

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEASED TO NORART MINERALS IN 1960

  • Deposit

    LEAD AND ZINC IN BOTTOM OF SHAFT

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN E NMBM BUL 83 P189

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.

External references