Neglected Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth
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. 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013308
MRDS ID D009531
Record type Site
Current site name Neglected Mine
Related records 10126544

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.44284, 32.54512 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position ABOUT 19 MILES S 31 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)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020S 016W 25 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS OF THE NEGLECTED MINE AS SHOWN ON THE BURRO PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismutite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Deposits Occur In A Topographically Prominent, Silicified Zone.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.44284, 32.54512

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along The Northeast Striking Sprouse-Copeland Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 87 E
    Dip 75 SE
    Thickness 9.14M

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 first production 1900

Mining district

District name Burro Mountains District: Southern Burro Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Charles Russell
    Home office Tyrone, N.M.
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 314 FT. ADIT, THREE SHAFTS WITH ABOUT 385 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, A SHALLOW WINZE AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • PINOS ALTOS MINING CO. CONDUCTED A MINOR AMOUNT OF DRILLING IN 1948. CHARLES RUSSELL AND ASSOCIATES DEWATERED A SHAFT AND SAMPLED THE 150 FT. LEVEL IN 1963.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 323-324

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 77-78

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A SILICIFIED ZONE RANGING FROM 8 FT. TO 30 FT. IN THICKNESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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