Idaho Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014969
MRDS ID DAV0066
Record type Site
Current site name Idaho Mine
Related records 10271977

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.9225, 33.54011 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cub Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
9S 11E 8 NW4 OF SE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAAPPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Sierra Blanca
    Rock description Sierra Blanca

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.9225, 33.54011

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lincoln County Porphyry Belt

Ore body information

  • General form LODE (VEIN)
    Strike 90E
    Dip STEEPLY TO THE NORTH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Syenite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRINCIPAL MINERALIZATION IS LIMITED TO CONTACTS OF AN E-W-TRENDING SYENITE DIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Schelerville

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. E. Degner
    First year 1944
    Last year 1959

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS WERE SUNK ABOUT 500 FT APART ON THE SYENITE DIKE. CU SULFIDES WERE ENCOUNTERED BELOW THE ZONE OF OXIDATION IN THE EASTERNMOST SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P. KITTEL, 1965, MEMO NO. 43407, ANACONDA COLLECTION, UNIVERSITY OF WY, LARAMIE, WY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 160 ST OF CU-AG ORE WERE SHIPPED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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