| Deposit ID | 10013291 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009511 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Merry Widow Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims, Merry Widow, Acme, Acme No.1, Merry Widow No.1, Ace-In-The-Hole, Duece-In-The-Hole, Blue Bird, Blue Bird Nos. 1 and 2 |
| Related records | 10199018 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.38339, 32.05207 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1868 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 17 MILES S 21 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Brockman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lordsburg(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
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 020S | 015W | 22 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bismutite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Torbernite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Result | LOVERING, T.G., 1956, REPORTED THE RESULTS FROM ANALYSES OF SEVERALHUNDRED SAMPLES. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| (1) | -108.38339, 32.05207 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults Strike East-Northeast And Dikes Trend Northwest In The Vicinity Of The Mine. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of first production | 1900 |
| Year of last production | 1925 |
| District name | White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Leach, A. A. And F.I. |
| Home office | Lordsburg, N.M. |
| First year | 1920 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hill, A. G. |
| Home office | Dallas, Tx. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 144.78M |
| Overall depth | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009511 |
GRANGER, H.C., AND BAUER, H.L., JR., 1951 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, REPT. TEM-146A,7 PAGES
GRANGER, H.C., AND BAUER, H.L., JR., 1952 USGS CIRC 186, 16 PAGES
LOVERING, T.G., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-L, P. 329-341
GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 94-95, PLATES 7, 9 AND 10
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S |
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR AS IRREGULAR VEINS, FRACTURE COATINGS AND DISSEMINATED IN ALTERED DIABASE ALONG AN EAST-NORTHEAST STRIKING FAULT ZONE. TEN CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 2121 AND 2178 COVERING ABOUT 200 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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