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Ridgewood Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062641
MRDS ID TC36175
Record type Site
Current site name Ridgewood Mine
Related records 10199376

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.45061, 31.82125 (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)

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 35 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN LITTLE HACHITA MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.45061, 31.82125
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sylvanite District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Eureka Sylvanite Mining Co.
    First year 1910

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFT, 40 FT TUNNEL (1910).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-LIMONITE BODY CONCORDANT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND DIORITE; SURFACE CONTAINS HIGH AMOUNTS OF FREE GOLD.

Reporter information

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

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

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