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Carbonate Hill Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010046
MRDS ID D003405
Record type Site
Current site name Carbonate Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Mcghee Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.98395, 32.16981 (WGS84)
Elevation 1425
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 20.5 MILES S 54 W OF LORDSBURG. Shaft labeled on map is location given in GNIS database.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(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 Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 024S 021W 34 NESESE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE STEINS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mural Limestone
    Rock description Mural Limestone

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.98395, 32.16981
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Of Dike And Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • RICHTER, D. H., AND LAWRENCE, V. A., REFER TO THE LIMESTONE UNIT AS THE CARBONATE HILL LIMESTONE ON USGS MAP I-1310-B.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name San Simon District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Strong Earl And Mosely Ira
    Year 1956
  • Type Operator
    Owner Donald Mcghee And Co.
    Home office NM
    Year 1978
    First year 1952
  • Type Owner
    Owner Donald Mcghee And Co.
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1950

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1955
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 56g/mt
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 6wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1958 CONSISTED OF THE MAIN SHAFT CONTAINING ABOUT 2400 FT. OF DRIFTS, A SHORT ADIT, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS.
  • SEVERAL LEVELS AS DEEP AS 500 FT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 32 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. REPLACEMENT OF CRETACEOUS CARBONATE HILL LIMESTONE ALONG MIDDLE TERTIARY FELSIC DIKE IN COMPLEX NORTH-TRENDING FAULT ZONE.
Deposit TOTAL VALUE OF PRODUCTION PROBABLY GREATER THAN 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-78 Richter, D. H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAR-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Reporter 01-DEC-83 New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources MRDS D003406 (sic)= MAS 0350230064 = newMRDS 10199017

Beyond USGS

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

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