| Deposit ID | 10008863 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001327 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Apache Mine |
| Related records | 10296054 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.30561, 31.84542 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1445 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 42.5 MILES S 34 E OF LORDSBURG. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hidalgo(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Doyle Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Playas Lake(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Hidalgo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 028S | 014W | 30 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Bismuth Critical | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bismutite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chlorargyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Mojado Formation |
| Rock description | Mojado Formation |
| (1) | -108.30561, 31.84542 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Discoverer | Robert Anderson |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| Year of last production | 1956 |
| District name | Apache No. 2 District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Billingsley, Roy |
| Home office | Hachita, N.M. |
| First year | 1956 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. S. Brewer |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1280.16M |
| Overall depth | 143.26M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001327 |
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 334
ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 82
DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM IC-5517, P. 23-24
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
STRONGIN, O., 1957 NMBMMR OFR-18, P. 177-192, PLATES 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, AND 8
COOPER, J.R., 1962, BISMUTH OF U.S.: USGS MR 22.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WORKED FOR COPPER; NO WO3 PRODUCTION. RECORD # D001959 BY M.H. MILLER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Deposit | FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-74 | Elliott, James E. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-75 | Miller, M.H. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-90 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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