Organ District

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001670
MRDS ID W006773
Record type District
Current site name Organ District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.60057, 32.40013 (WGS84)
Relative position EMPIRE ZINC MINE CORRESPONDS WITH THE STEPHENSON-BENNETT MINE IN LITERATURE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jornada Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(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 Dona Ana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) OXIDATION
  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.60057, 32.40013

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description LACCOLITH, POST-MINERALIZATION EAST-WEST FAULTING
Type of structure Regional
Structure description BATHOLITH-GRANITE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • SILVER AND GOLD IN QUARTZ VEINS, FOLLOWS DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1847
Discoverer By Mexicans
Year of first production 1847

Mining district

District name ORGAN DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner TORPEDO MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.