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Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009986
MRDS ID D003317
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.53395, 32.43345 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(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

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021S;022S 016W;017W New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.53395, 32.43345

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST $43,000 WORTH PRODUCED IN 1920-1921 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Lawrence, V. A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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