Billy the Kid Mine

Past Producer in McKinley county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
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 10296253
MAS/MILS ID 0350310147
Record type Site
Current site name Billy the Kid Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Top #1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.03813, 35.43115 (WGS84)
Elevation 2135
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McKinley(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thoreau NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Zuni(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio San Jose(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico McKinley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014 N 011 W 19 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.03813, 35.43115

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Continental Divide Uranium Co.
    Year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Andrews, H.
    Year 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINED 1952-55

  • Deposit

    HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P 41

  • Deposit

    N.M. STATE MINE INSPECTOR, INACTIVE URANIUM MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MAP FILES

  • Deposit

    FILE, 1965, NMBMMR CIRC 77

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JUN-84 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.