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Knickerbocker Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062638
MRDS ID TC36172
Record type Site
Current site name Knickerbocker Mine
Alternate or previous names Quartzite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.51173, 31.81875 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 12 MI SW OF HACHITA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Playas Lake South(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 29S 16W 6 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN LITTLE HACHITA MOUNTAINS, ABOUT 0.5 MI E OF GRANITE GAP WELL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BEST ORE RAN 1120 OZ/ST AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.51173, 31.81875
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip STEEPLY N
    Length 24139.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1882

Mining district

District name Sylvanite District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS (1910).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CAN BE TRACED A MILE ALMOST PARALLEL TO A FAULT 300 FT TO SOUTH; GRANITE ON SOUTH SIDE OF FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) U.S. Geological Survey

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