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Gillespie Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013910
MRDS ID D010465
Record type Site
Current site name Gillespie Mine
Related records 10149899

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.67729, 31.63653 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position ABOUT 49.5 MILES S 02 E OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gillespie Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 031S 018W 04 S2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE WALNUT WELLS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorargyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone;Earp Formation
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone;Earp Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.67729, 31.63653
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 75 E
    Dip 65 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
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1885

Mining district

District name Red Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZELLER, R.A., JR., AND ALPER, A.M., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 84, P. 88-89, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 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.

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