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Tampico Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097922
MRDS ID D011731
Record type Site
Current site name Tampico Mine
Related records 10272094

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.24506, 32.8515 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Bayard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
017S 014W 01;12 S2 (01); NW4 (12) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • 100 M. WEST OF PACIFIC VEIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.24506, 32.8515
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pacific Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pinos Altos District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 90M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 90 M. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN (N25E) ABOUT 100 M. WEST OF PACIFIC VEIN IN ANDESITE BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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