Osmer Gold

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014614
MRDS ID D011462
Record type Site
Current site name Osmer Gold
Alternate or previous names Shamrock, Sheridan, Frank, Aplite, And Fisher Brothers Shafts
Related records 10174906

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.47145, 32.64179 (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)

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
019S 016W 22,23 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismutite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.47145, 32.64179

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT ZONE INTRUDED BY EARLY TERTIARY RHYOLITE AND QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Burro Mnts. District, Tyrone Subdistrict

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E. 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P. 69-71

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ABOUT 2,000 M LONG ALONG OSMER FAULT (N60E)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references