Mineral Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010050
MRDS ID D003414
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Mountain Mine
Related records 10126259

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.02424, 32.21096 (WGS84)
Elevation 1318
Relative position ABOUT 22 MILES S 63 W OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vanar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(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 024S 021W 17,20 S2 (17); N2 (20) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE VANAR TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.02424, 32.21096

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip 65 SOUTH

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 last production 1904

Mining district

District name San Simon District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner National Gold And Silver Mining Co.
    First year 1919

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN. ORE CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 686 G/T AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT. INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 25 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1919. SMALL VEINS TRENDING ENE IN CRETACEOUS OR TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS.
Deposit NO PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE. MINE CLOSED ABOUT 1904 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-78 Richter, D. H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAR-83 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