Goodsight Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead
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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101438
MRDS ID D003353
Record type Site
Current site name Goodsight Mine
Alternate or previous names Bonnie Jean Mine, Goodsight Group: Patented Claims, Goodsight, Peton, Montana, Bonnie Jean

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.75313, 32.32318 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES S 66 W OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gary(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023S 019W 12 N2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1151.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena 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) -108.75313, 32.32318

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hughes, Willie
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1939
  • Type Owner
    Owner O. Evans Mikesell, Pittsburg, Pa. And W. F. Ritter (Estate), Mesilla Park, N.M.
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1978 CONSISTED OF A SHALLOW SHAFT AND NUMEROUS SMALL PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 423 AND 1444 COVERING 65.332 ACRES. EAST END OF E-TRENDING LEE PEAK VEIN IN ANDESITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Richter, D. H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-83 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