Beardog Mine

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097790
MRDS ID D006612
Record type Site
Current site name Beardog Mine
Related records 10272754

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.74699, 32.84872 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 35.5 MILES S 55 W 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

P A Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 009W 11 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TIERRA BLANCA CREEK AND WITHIN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.74699, 32.84872

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Found Along Northeast Striking Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Localized Along Granite-Dolomite Fault Contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tierra Blanca District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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