Handcar Vein

Prospect in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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 10272015
MRDS ID TC36177
MAS/MILS ID 0350230133
Record type Site
Current site name Handcar Vein
Related records 10099433

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -108.46922, 31.83654 (WGS84)
Elevation 1705
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hachita Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(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 Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028 S 016 W 27 C S2SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -108.46922, 31.83654

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Buck Bennett
    Year 1909

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    230 FT TUNNEL NO ORE SHIPPED

  • Deposit

    VEIN ALLEGED 0.8 OZ PER TON AU

  • Deposit

    LASKY S G USGS PP208

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