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Poor Man's Friend Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062682
MRDS ID TC36221
Record type Site
Current site name Poor Man's Friend Mine
Related records 10174457

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.59251, 32.42985 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jornada Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 22S 03E 1 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE SAN AUGUSTIN MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.59251, 32.42985
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 40SW
    Length 804.65M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • EAST END OF VEIN WORKED EXTENSIVELY.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT, INCLINED SHAFT.

Reference information

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.

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