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Freidberg Mine Prior To 1934

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011598
MRDS ID D006626
Record type Site
Current site name Freidberg Mine Prior To 1934
Alternate or previous names Brauer Group
Related records 10125989

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.52588, 32.98455 (WGS84)
Elevation 1730
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 19 MILES S 58 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015S 007W 23 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE EL ORO MINES BETWEEN ANIMAS GULCH AND DUTCH GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.52588, 32.98455
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Located North Of And Adjacent To Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hillsboro District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF A 60 FT. SHAFT, A TUNNEL, SEVERAL CROSSCUTS AND TWO SHORT WINZES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 165-166

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS REPORTED TO OCCUR IN SHALE WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN AN ANDESITE FLOW AND OVERLYING RHYOLITE FLOWS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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