Slate Creek Canyon Deposits

Prospect in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295873
MRDS ID D011457
MAS/MILS ID 0350170467
Record type Site
Current site name Slate Creek Canyon Deposits
Alternate or previous names Ruth and Dorothy Mines
Related records 10097901

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -108.66173, 32.78291 (WGS84)
Elevation 1543
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

Brushy Mountain(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 018 W 36 N2NWSW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -108.66173, 32.78291

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    A FEW TRUCKLOADS MINED IN 1961

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN E NMBM BUL 83 P161

  • Deposit

    HEWITT C H NMBM BUL 60 P113-114

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