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Crystal Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009973
MRDS ID D003298
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Mine
Related records 10174513

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.94785, 32.11819 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cotton City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 025S 020W 19 NW4 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Quartz Monzonite Porphyry

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.94785, 32.11819
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In Escabrosa Limestone Within A Few Hundred Feet Of Intrusive Porphyry.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Simon

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15M
    Overall length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 15 M. DEEP SHAFT AND 60 M. LONG ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN (N20E,VERT) IN MISSISSIPPIAN ESCABROSA LIMESTONE WITHIN A FEW TENS OF METERS OF A GRANITE PORPHYRY INTRUSIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Richter,D. H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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