Floyd Collins Claim

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013287
MRDS ID D009507
Record type Site
Current site name Floyd Collins Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.39034, 32.54512 (WGS84)
Elevation 1882
Relative position ABOUT 17 MILES S 22 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

Burro Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020S 015W 21,22 CENTER OF E2 (21); CENTER OF W2 (22) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Burro Mountain Granite
    Rock description Burro Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And Diabase Dikes Strike N 20 W Near The Mine.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized In Altered Diabase Adjacent To Faults.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Atrimas Mining Co..
    Home office Silver City, N.M.
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Leach, A. A.
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1960

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Ore Grade 0.15% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1978 TO CONSIST OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 91-93, PLATE 7

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS NUMEROUS VEINLETS AND FRACTURE FILLINGS IN HIGHLY FRACTURED, ALTERED DIABASE. ONE CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2169.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 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