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Humbolt Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014752
MRDS ID D011667
Record type Site
Current site name Humbolt Mine
Related records 10199119

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.07144, 32.84178 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
017S 012W 10 SW4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED BETWEEN SNOWFLAKE AND EIGHTY-SIX MINES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Fierro-Hanover Stock
    Rock description Fierro-Hanover Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Paso
    Rock description El Paso
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.07144, 32.84178
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Of Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fierro-Hanover District

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT AND SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V. C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P. 117.

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C. M., AND KELLY, F. J., 1963, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8190, P. 28-29.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY REPLACEMENT OF ORDOVICIAN EL PASO LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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