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Hermosa

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069320
MRDS ID W006776
Record type Site
Current site name Hermosa
Alternate or previous names Palomas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.72977, 33.16678 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 15 MILES SOUTH OF CHLORIDE; 40 MILES WEST OF ENGLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sugarloaf Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Iron Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Andesite
    Rock description Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Palomas Formation, Gravel;Percha Formation, Shale;Sandia Formation, Limestone
    Rock description Palomas Formation, Gravel;Percha Formation, Shale;Sandia Formation, Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.72977, 33.16678
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault-N38 Deg W, Low Angle Fold Or Arch

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TO LENTICULAR
    Dip 20 DEG NE
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Follows Faults And Fractures-Main Ore Bodies Found At The Intersection Of These

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Hermosa

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ferguson And Jones

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 281.94M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 266-268

  • Deposit

    1910 COMPILE LINDGRE

  • Production

    N. MEX. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 87

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Bilbey, Sue A. 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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