Silver Spur

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Mica
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126176
MAS/MILS ID 0350390571
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Spur
Alternate or previous names Old Eureka, Hoyt-Seward, Las Tablas Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -106.04118, 36.55194 (WGS84)
Elevation 2500
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Las Tablas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 027 N 008 E 25 NENE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -106.04118, 36.55194

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Coopertive Mines Inc.
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SILVER SPUR DEPOSITS ALSO KNOWN AS THE LAS TABLAS GROUP

  • Deposit

    THE SOUTH WORKINGS WERE KNOWN AS THE OLD EUREKA MINE

  • Deposit

    THE NORTH WORKINGS ARE THE HOYT- SEWARD MINE

  • Deposit

    JAHNS R.H. MICA DEPOSITS OF THE PETACA DISTRICT, RIO ARRIBA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 25 1946 P 121- 123

  • Deposit

    COREY, A.F. KYANITE, PETACA NMBM BULL. 47 1960 P 33

  • Deposit

    REDMON D.E RECONNAISSANCE, PEGMATITES USBM I.C 8013 1961

  • Deposit

    P 7, 14, 15

  • Deposit

    BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY, RIO ARRIBA NMBM BULL. 25 1968

  • Deposit

    P 121

  • Deposit

    JUST EVAN GEOLOGY, PEGMATITES NMBM BULL. 13 1937 P 67

  • Deposit

    JAHNS R.H. MILLING IMPROVES NORTHERN NEW MEXICO SCRAP MICA

  • Deposit

    OUTLOOK E & MJ VOL. 149 NO. 5 MAY 1948 P 97, 98

  • Deposit

    NMBM MINES INDEX

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.

External references