Hazard Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013470
MRDS ID D009777
Record type Site
Current site name Hazard Mine
Alternate or previous names Osceola Group, Claims, Lacrosse, Platina, Scientific
Related records 10247470

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.18894, 32.874 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 8.5 MILES N 35 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

Fort Bayard(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 013W 33,34 E2 (33); W2 (34) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • REPORTED TO BE LOCATED ABOUT TWO MILES NORTHEAST OF PINOS ALTOS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.18894, 32.874

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

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 last production 1941

Mining district

District name Pinos Altos District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. C. Simmons
    Home office Pinos Altos, N.M.
    First year 1941
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mines Holding And Development Corp.
    First year 1930

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A 400 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH DRIFTS DEVELOPED ON THREE LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METZGER, O.H., 1938 USBM IC-6987, P. 52

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 70-71

  • Deposit

    JONES, W.R., MOORE, S.L., AND PRATT, W.P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-865

  • Deposit

    FINNEL, T.L., 1976 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-779

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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.