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Ingersoll Mine

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011600
MRDS ID D006630
Record type Site
Current site name Ingersoll Mine
Related records 10247904

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.72088, 32.99928 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 29 MILES S 74 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

Kingston(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)

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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015S 009W 13 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN DUMM CANYON AND WITHIN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Acanthite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Extensive Sericitization Of Granite Near Veins.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.72088, 32.99928
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest Striking Veins Are Offset By North Striking Faults.

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.2M
    Length 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized As Fissure Fillings.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Emery Hale, Jr.
    First year 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A FILLED-FISSURE VEIN RANGING FROM 3 IN. TO 8 IN. IN WIDTH AND ABOUT 1500 FT. IN LENGTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 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.

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