Republic Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Iron, Copper, Zinc
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014751
MRDS ID D011664
Record type Site
Current site name Republic Mine
Alternate or previous names Union Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.07978, 32.82928 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Mine(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
017S 012W 09,16 SE4 OF NE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • REPUBLIC MINE JOINS WITH UNION HILL MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Specularite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Fierro-Hanover Stock
    Rock description Fierro-Hanover Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Paso;Montoya;Fusselman
    Rock description El Paso;Montoya;Fusselman
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.07978, 32.82928

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Of Limestone And Dolomite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fierro-Hanover District

Production statistics

  • Year 1931
    Period 1916-1931
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^52.4% Fe Avg Grade
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 52wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ALSO PRODUCED ORE PRIOR TO 1916, AMOUNT IS UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED TO A DEPTH OF 100 M. BY EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND OPENCUTS.

Comments on development

  • COULD HAVE BEEN MINED IN EARLY 1800'S FOR FLUX.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V. C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, N0. 2, P. 94-98.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E. C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL. 39, P. 51-59.

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C. M., AND KELLY, F. J., 1963, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8190, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 312- 313.

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1908, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 380-E, P. 199-214.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J. H., 1964, NMBM BULL. 76, P. 50.

  • Production

    KELLEY, V. C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P.94-98.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF STEEPLY DIPPING ORDIVICIAN AND SILURIAN EL PASO LIMESTONE AND MONTOYA AND FUSSELMAN DOLOMITES ALONG WEST SIDE OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK. ORE BODIES CAN BE 300 M. LONG AND 6-24 M. THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references