Eighty-Five Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272184
MRDS ID D003346
MAS/MILS ID 0350230104
Record type Site
Current site name Eighty-Five Mine
Alternate or previous names Superior, Dundee, Jim Crow Shaft
Related records 10010005

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.75483, 32.31262 (WGS84)
Elevation 1490
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

Gary(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023 S 019 W 12 S2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.75483, 32.31262

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Federal Resources Corp
    Home office Utah
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S. G., USGS BULLTIN 885.

  • Deposit

    64TH ANNUAL REP STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, NEW MEXICO.

  • Deposit

    NEW MEXICO BUR OF MINES INDEX.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY INCLUDES THE JIM CROW SHAFT, AND CONNECTS WITH WITH THE BONNEY MINE. IT WAS THE DEEPEST IN NEW MEXICO AT THE TIME OF ITS CLOSURE, 1932. WORKINGS CONTINUE INTO SECTION 13. WAS AT ONE TIME THE LARGEST PRODUCER IN HIDALGO COUNTY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-97 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.