Greenback Mine

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Bismuth, Molybdenum
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089313
MRDS ID W016596
Record type Site
Current site name Greenback Mine
Alternate or previous names Stone Prospect, Greenback Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.58946, 32.97512 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 40 MILES S 70 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hembrillo Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sands(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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015S 004E 27 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE GREENBACK CLAIM WAS ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE PIONEER MINE (REPORTED BY LASKEY, 1932).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.58946, 32.97512

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Large Diorite-Syenite Dikes Trending East-West Enclose The Area. The Dikes Are About 1.5 Miles Apart.

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS, PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Confined To Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE GRANDVIEW CANYON DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer G.E. Stone

Mining district

District name Grandview Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. E. Stone Jr. (1940'S)

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ABOUT 400 FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS FROM A SINGLE ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKEY, G.T., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P85

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR, 1965, BULL 87, P202, P243, P371

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINLETS AND PODS OF CHALCOPYRITE WITH SOME BISMUTH ORE AND SCHEELITE FOLLOW A NORTHWARD TRENDING SHEAR IN SCHISTOSE GREENSTONE NEAR THE TOP OF THE PRECAMBRIAN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Weeks, Robert New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references