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Lead Queen Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Cadmium, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062510
MRDS ID TC36000
Record type Site
Current site name Lead Queen Mine
Related records 10198729

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.33172, 31.56709 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 9 MI S4E OF HATCHET RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheridan Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 31S 15W New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • PATENTED CLAIM IN MINE CANYON, WITHIN BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS WSA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Cadmium Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UP TO 0.12% CD, 0.01% CU, 33.2% PB, 7.4 OZ/ST AG, 16.9% ZN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.33172, 31.56709
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO INTRUSIVE ROCKS EXPOSED IN BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS. AEROMAG DATA INDICATE A CONCEALED INTRUSIVE UNDER THE HACHITA VALLEY 5 MI NE OF THE BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Production years 1920'S-1930'S

Mining district

District name Big Hatchet Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE BASED ON A 50% PROJECTION OF EXPOSED ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, SIX PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFIDES REPLACE FAULT GOUGE ALONG THREE NARROW, NW-TRENDING FAULTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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