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Azure Mine New Azure Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gemstone, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014608
MRDS ID D011453
Record type Site
Current site name Azure Mine New Azure Mine
Alternate or previous names Parker and Porterfield Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.37979, 32.65845 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wind Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
019S 015W 15 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • PARKER = 32-34-15N,108-22-45W, PORTERFIELD = 32-39-15N, 108-23-00W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.37979, 32.65845
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Burro Mnts. District, Tyrone Area

Comments on the workings information

  • AZURITE IS BOTH UNDERGROUND AND OPEN PIT, PARKER IS LARGE OPEN PIT, PORTERFIELD IS UNDERGROUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, 213 P.

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1978, USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1031

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L.C., AND GORDEN, C.H., 1910, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, 361 P.

  • Deposit

    TALMAGE, S.B., AND WOOTTON, T.B., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. 12, 159 P.

  • Deposit

    ZALINSKI, E.R., 1907, ECON. GEOL., V. 2, NO. 5, P. 464-492

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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