| Deposit ID | 10094266 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003320 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Climax Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Claim Patented In 1915, Climax |
| Related records | 10183879 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.52368, 32.39345 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1722 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 30 MILES S 28 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022S | 016W | 18 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -108.52368, 32.39345 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 TO 45 W |
| Dip | 20 TO 50 SW |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Gold Hill District: Walker Canyon Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | F. Mcwhorter |
| First year | 1960 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 12.19M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003320 |
HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1575 COVERING 19.893 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-78 | Lawrence, V. A. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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