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Snowflake Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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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. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014754
MRDS ID D011668
Record type Site
Current site name Snowflake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.07561, 32.83761 (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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
017S 012W 10,15 S2 (10) OF N2 (15) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ENE OF UNION HILL MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue

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) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Paso
    Rock description El Paso

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.07561, 32.83761
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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
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Fierro-Hanover District

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Period 1913-1918
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^50% Fe Avg Grade
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 50wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V. C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P. 108-111.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF ORDOVICIAN EL PASO LIMESTONE ALONG EAST SIDE OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK. ORE BEDS ARE AT SILICATE-MARBLE CONTACT. CONTACT IS CHARACTERIZED BY EPIDOTE, GARNET, AND BIOTITE OR PHLOGOPITE. ORE BED CAN BE UP TO 9 M. THICK.

Reporter information

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

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