| Deposit ID | 10008854 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001312 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Merrimac Mine |
| Related records | 10150147 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.57307, 32.45596 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1676 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 15.5 MILES N 53 E OF LAS CRUCES. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dona Ana(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jornada Draw(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Dona Ana |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 021S | 004E | 30 | N2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Hydrozincite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Sugarloaf Peak Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| Rock description | Sugarloaf Peak Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Lake Valley Formation |
| Rock description | Lake Valley Formation |
| (1) | -106.57307, 32.45596 |
|---|
| General form | PODS AND SHOOTS |
|---|---|
| Plunge | 36 DEGREES |
| Plunge direction | NORTHWEST |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Width | 12.19M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of first production | 1895 |
| Year of last production | 1951 |
| District name | Organ District: San Augustin Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ira Wright And Wade White |
| Home office | Silver City, N.M. |
| First year | 1951 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | White Sands Missile Range |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001312 |
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
DALE, V.B. AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USBM REPT. OF INVEST. 5517, 72P.
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-213
DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 234
ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, P. 28-30
SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S |
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THREE ORE SHOOTS WHICH RANGE FROM 2 FT. TO 4 FT. THICK AND FROM 20 FT. TO 40 FT. WIDE. TWO OF THE SHOOTS WERE MINED DOWN DIP FOR A LENGTH OF 200 FT. |
| Deposit | WORKED MAINLY FOR ZINC ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-74 | Elliott, James E. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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