Socorro Peak District

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese, Barium-Barite
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. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001673
MRDS ID W006777
Record type District
Current site name Socorro Peak District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.94779, 34.06679 (WGS84)
Relative position ONLY THE DEWEY LODE MINE IS SHOWN ON THE QUAD. MAP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Socorro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(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 Socorro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION
  • (Local) KAOLINIZATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.94779, 34.06679

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description VOLCANO (SOCORRO PEAK) WITH OTHER SIMILAR MTN. MASSES NORTH AND SOUTH
Type of structure Regional
Structure description MOUNTAINS FORMED AS VOLCANOES MONOCLINAL RANGES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • TERMINATED BY CLAYEY TUFFS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1867
Discoverer Hanson
Year of first production 1867

Mining district

District name SOCORRO PEAK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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