Merry Widow Mine

Unknown in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Bismuth, Gold, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10199018
MRDS ID D009511
MAS/MILS ID 0350170385
Record type Site
Current site name Merry Widow Mine
Related records 10013291

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.38202, 32.55202 (WGS84)
Elevation 1873
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burro Peak(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
New Mexico 020 S 015 W 22 C New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Gold Primary
Uranium Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.38202, 32.55202

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hill, A. G.
    Home office Texas
    Year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1/4 PER CENT U308 ORE FOUND IN 1950S

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN E NMBM BUL 83 P94

  • Deposit

    LOVERING T G USGS BUL 1009L P329

  • Deposit

    GRANGER H C ET AL USGS CIR 189

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-97 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references