| Deposit ID | 10013434 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009721 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mountain Home Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mountain Home Group: Claims Patented In 1914, Mountain Home, Mountain Home Nos. 2, 4, 5 and 6, Mountain Chief, Chief, Fighting Tenth, Zincite, Live Oak, Midnight, Northstar |
| Related records | 10150177 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.10283, 32.824 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2080 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 10.5 MILES N 71 E OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Santa Rita Mine(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)
Federal lands
Gila National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 017S | 012W | 17 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Syrena Formation;Oswaldo Formation |
| Rock description | Syrena Formation;Oswaldo Formation |
| (1) | -108.10283, 32.824 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| Year of last production | 1925 |
| District name | Fierro-Hanover District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Humboldt Mines, Inc. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. A. Mckenna And C. H. Gearhart |
| First year | 1917 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009721 |
HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306
JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5517, P. 17-18.
JONES, W.R., AND HERNON, R.M., 1973, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE PB 214, 371, P. 41.
SCHMITT, H.A., 1935, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS, V. 115, P. 204.
AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS; DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CARBONATE ORES FORM MOST OF DEPOSIT WITH SOME PRIMARY ORE CONTAINING SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND TUNGSTEN MINERALS. REPLACEMENT OF LIMY BEDS AT THE BASE OF THE PENNSYLVANIAN SYRENA FORMATION WHERE CUT BY NE-TRENDING FRACTURES ABOUT 1.5 KM WEST OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK. DALE AND MCKINNEY STATE THAT THE GROUP IS COMPOSED OF SEVENTEEN CLAIMS COVERING SECTIONS 16 AND 17. ELEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1518 COVERING 208.45 ACRES. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D011697 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1984 | Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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