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Saddle & Silver Mine

Occurrence in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094270
MRDS ID D003399
Record type Site
Current site name Saddle & Silver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.02563, 32.31401 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Doubtful Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023S 021W 08,17 S2 (08); N2 (17) New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.02563, 32.31401
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Steins Pass (Kimball)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, 2 SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W. E., 1963, NMBMMR OPEN-FILE REPORT, 781 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON VOLCANO VEIN, 750 M. NORTH OF VOLCANO MINE, IN RHYOLITE SILL (HANGING WALL) AND ANDESITE (FOOTWALL).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Lawrence, V. 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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