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Silver Dollar Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013309
MRDS ID D009532
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Dollar Mine
Related records 10198828

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.49673, 32.61456 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position ABOUT 17 MILES S 48 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 019S 016W 33 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE SILVER DOLLAR MINE AS SHOWN ON THE BURRO PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.49673, 32.61456
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along A Northeast Striking Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 55 TO 60 E
    Dip 75 NW

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 1950
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Burro Mountains District: Road Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Marshall N. Kuykendall
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Marshall N. Kuykendall
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF AN 160 FT. SHAFT WITH 300 FT. OF DRIFTS ON THE 100 FT. LEVEL AND ABOUT 50 FT. OF DRIFTS ON THE 150 FT. LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 65-66

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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