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Three Brothers Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014801
MRDS ID D011754
Record type Site
Current site name Three Brothers Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.05478, 32.88483 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allie Canyon(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
016S 012W 26 CENTER New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.05478, 32.88483
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mimbres Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone At Intersection Of Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fierro Manganese District

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY SOME PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, S. L., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS IN BRECCIA ZONE AT INTERSECTION OF TWO NE-TRENDING FAULTS IN PALEOZOIC LIMESTONES IN HANGING WALL OF NW-TRENDING MIMBRES FAULT.

Reporter information

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

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