Maggie G Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062685
MRDS ID TC36225
Record type Site
Current site name Maggie G Mine
Related records 10247481

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.50056, 32.43596 (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)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 21S 04E 35 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS - 0.66 OZ/ST AU, 16.28 OZ/ST AG, 8.98% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.50056, 32.43596

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EW
    Dip STEEP N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED AND MORE MATERIAL SHIPPED FROM DUMP IN 1932.

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT SHAFT, SHALLOW OPEN-CUT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS ALONG HANGING AND FOOTWALL OF EPIDIORITE DIKE.

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.

External references