Nancy Lee Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009993
MRDS ID D003326
Record type Site
Current site name Nancy Lee Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1905, Nancy Lee
Related records 10271461

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.52562, 32.42373 (WGS84)
Elevation 1821
Relative position ABOUT 28.5 MILES S 31 W OF SILVER CITY.

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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 016W 06 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE GOLD HILL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Bullard Peak Series
    Rock description Bullard Peak Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 55 W
    Dip NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District: Southwestern Burro Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nancy Lee Leasing Co.
    First year 1930
  • Type Owner
    Owner Leach, A. A.
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Lawrence, V. A. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-82 Menzie, David 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