Patsy Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013464
MRDS ID D009769
Record type Site
Current site name Patsy Mine
Related records 10199346

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.79088, 32.86622 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position ABOUT 29.5 MILES N 77 E 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

Maverick Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 009W 32 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE SAN LORENZO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Paso Limestone;Montoya Limestone
    Rock description El Paso Limestone;Montoya Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.79088, 32.86622

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rocks Adjacent To A Fault Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1943
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Carpenter District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Clarence Tidwell
    Home office Bayard, N.M.
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Black Range Development Co.
    First year 1951

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period 1943 To 1951
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.17% Cu.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor ORE Copper Copper 0wt-pct
  • Year 1951
    Period 1943 To 1951
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.30% Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor ORE Lead Lead 0wt-pct
  • Year 1951
    Period 1943 To 1951
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 7.51% Zn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major ORE Zinc Zinc 8wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1943, 1944, 1950 AND 1951.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 272

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 110-112

  • Deposit

    ERICKSEN, G.E., WEDOW, H., JR., AND EATON, G.P., 1970 USGS BULL 1319-E, P. 80-81

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-900

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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