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Georgetown Mines

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014769
MRDS ID D011701
Record type Site
Current site name Georgetown Mines
Alternate or previous names Includes: Naiad Queen, Commercial Cramer, Macgregor, Mcnulty, And Satisfaction.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.02172, 32.85011 (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)

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
017S 011W 06,07 SW4 (06); N2 (07) New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Bromyrite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Oxidation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Formation (Richmond Horizon);Percha Formation
    Rock description Fusselman Formation (Richmond Horizon);Percha Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.02172, 32.85011
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description General Dip Of Sedimentary Beds Is 10-20w Of South Edge Of An Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N70W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 18.29M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposits Localized Among Fractures, Joints, And Bedding Planes Near Contacts With Granodiorite Porphyry Dikes. Overlying Devonian Shale, And Direct Association With Dikes.

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME DIKES SEEM TO FOLLOW FAULT PLANES, DIKES CUT THROUGH ALL SEDIMENTARY UNITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1866
Year of first production 1873
Year of last production 1893

Mining district

District name Georgetown District, Mimbres District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mimbres Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION VALUED AT $3.5 MILLION IN AG

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 180M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS GENERALLY LESS THAN 60 M. DEEP; AT NAIAD QUEEN WORKINGS GO TO A DEPTH OF 180 M.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED IN 1866, WITH MAJOR PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1873-1893.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 318-319.

  • Deposit

    HERNON, R. M., COMPILER, 1949, WEST TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO SECTION, AIME GUIDEBOOK, FIELD TRIP 3, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E. C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL. 39, P. 67.

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S. G., AND WOOTTEN, T. P., 1933, NMBMMR BULL. 7, P. 56-57.

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D. C., UNPUBLISHED FIELD MAP.

  • Deposit

    USGS AND OTHERS, 1965, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 87, P. 139-149.

  • Deposit

    1905 COMPILE L.C. GRATON

  • Deposit

    1910 COMPILE LINDGREN

  • Deposit

    1959 COMPILE NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR OXIDIZED BODIES IN FUSSELMAN DOLOMITE, SOME LOCALIZED NEAR CONTACTS WITH GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES.
Deposit ORE BODIES IN ORDOVICIAN LIMESTONE, WHICH CONTAINS MANY NARROW VUGS COMMONLY LINED WITH CALCITE CRYSTALS AND SOME LARGER ONES WITH STALACTITES AND STALAGMITES. DIKES PROBABLY DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE INTRUSION AT SANTA RITA AND HANOVER. THIS RECORD INCLUDES DATA FROM RECORD W006781 BY SUE A. BILBEY WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1974 Bilbey, Sue A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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