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Dona Dora Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097845
MRDS ID D009041
Record type Site
Current site name Dona Dora Mine
Related records 10199308

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.50445, 32.45291 (WGS84)
Elevation 1532
Relative position ABOUT 19 MILES N 61 E OF LAS CRUCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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 Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021S 004E 26 CENTER New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE ADIT OF THE DONA DORA MINE LOCATED ON THE EAST FLANK OF MINERAL HILL NEAR THE CENTER OF SECTION 26.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.50445, 32.45291
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip 80 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized In An East-West. Striking Fissure.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Organ District: Mineral Hill Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dona Dora Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1900
  • Type Owner
    Owner White Sands Missile Range

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 563.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 1850 FT. TUNNEL WITH A SHAFT TO THE SURFACE AND A SHALLOW WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 210

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 206-207

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-84

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 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.

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