| Deposit ID | 10105529 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W006784 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Steins Pass |
| Alternate or previous names | Kimball |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.0173, 32.29179 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1341 |
| Relative position | 3 MILES WEST OF STEINS NEW MEXICO, 1.5 MILES EAST OF ARIZONA/NEW MEXICO BORDER |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hidalgo(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Doubtful Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Willcox(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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Hidalgo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 023S;024S | 021W;021W | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Malachite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Wollastonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Limestone |
| Rock description | Limestone |
| (1) | -109.0173, 32.29179 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Peloncillo Range-Trends N |
| General form | IRREGULAR ALONG THE DIKES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 80 DEG E |
| Dip | 65 DEG S |
| Thickness | 4.57M |
| Length | 12.19M |
| Width | 4.57M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| District name | Steins Pass |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W006784 |
LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 331-332
1910 COMPILE LINDGRE
ANDERSON, 1957
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINS FOLLOW SILICIFIED BRECCIATED ZONES IN THE COUNTRY ROCK. ORES ARE HIGHLY OXIDIZED. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D003393 BY D.H. RICHTER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1975 | Bilbey, Sue A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1978 | Richter, D.H. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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