| Deposit ID | 10072201 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016992 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Merritt Mine Prior To 1870 |
| Alternate or previous names | Claim Patented In 1906 Dewey Lode: the Silver Bar Mine and The, Boarding House Tunnel Are Also On the Dewey Lode. |
| Related records | 10175298 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.94226, 34.0637 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1577 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 3 MILES DUE WEST OF SOCORRO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Socorro(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Socorro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Socorro |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 003S | 001W | 09 | NE OF NE OF SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Descloizite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Mimetite | Ore |
| Vanadinite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Barite | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte |
| (1) | -106.94226, 34.0637 |
|---|
| General form | PODS AND SHOOTS |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH |
| Dip | 35 TO 65 WEST |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| Year of last production | 1923 |
| District name | Socorro Peak District |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | State Of New Mexico |
| Home office | New Mexico |
| First year | 1981 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 996.7M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016992 |
JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 109-111
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 239-240
LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 118-133
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1216 COVERING 20.262 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-76 | Weeks, Robert | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-81 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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