Pearl Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062639
MRDS ID TC36173
Record type Site
Current site name Pearl Mine
Alternate or previous names Monte Cristo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.45756, 31.80792 (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

Hachita Peak(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 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN LITTLE HACHITA MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.45756, 31.80792

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Discoverer Texans

Mining district

District name Sylvanite District

Production statistics

  • Year 1910
    Period 1908-1910
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^5.38 Oz/St Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 152g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT TUNNELS AND OPEN-CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS IS UP TO 8 FT, AVERAGES 1.5 FT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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