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Sixty-Six Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010043
MRDS ID D003402
Record type Site
Current site name Sixty-Six Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.0173, 32.29734 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Doubtful Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(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 023S 021W 20 NE4 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.0173, 32.29734
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 63E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Steins Pass (Kimball)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1935
    Period 1934-1935
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 5g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W. E., 1963, NMBMMR OPEN-FILE REPORT, 781 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO PRODUCED IN 1940 AND POSSIBLY EARLIER BUT NO PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit WEST SPLAY OF VOLCANO VEIN (N-S,63E) IN ASH-FLOW TUFF (FOOTWALL) AND ANDESITE (HANGING WALL).

Reporter information

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

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