Wasp Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126171
MRDS ID D000067
MAS/MILS ID 0350170618
Record type Site
Current site name Wasp Mine
Related records 10008135

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.42481, 31.89514 (WGS84)
Elevation 1470
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Playas Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(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
New Mexico 028 S 016 W 01 SESE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.42481, 31.89514

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gibraltar Minerals Co
    Year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMALL MINE OPENED BY A FEW SHALLOW SHAFTS

  • Deposit

    LASKY USGS PP 208

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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