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Memphis Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, Bismuth
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105276
MRDS ID TC36211
Record type Site
Current site name Memphis Mine
Related records 10125821

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.59224, 32.43124 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

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)

Jornada Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 21S 03E 36 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE FOOT OF SAN AUGUSTIN MOUNTAINS. ON OR JUST OUTSIDE WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Bismuth Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sugarloaf Peak
    Rock description Sugarloaf Peak
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lead Camp Limestone
    Rock description Lead Camp Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.59224, 32.43124
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Torpedo-Bennett Fault Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • CU, ZN, AND AG PRODUCED 200.0-400.0 THOUSAND DOLLARS. BI MINED BUT NOT PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, SHAFTS, DRIFTS, TO 200 FT ROSS SHAFT SUNK IN 1927-1929.

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: SMALL SMELTER (1984)

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONTAINED IN FOUR HORIZONS SEPARATED BY TACTITE OR MARBLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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