Golden Giant Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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 10126192
MAS/MILS ID 0350170251
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Giant Mine
Alternate or previous names Gopher

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.22142, 32.85901 (WGS84)
Elevation 2155
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Bayard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(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 017 S 013 W 06 NENESE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.22142, 32.85901

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bertram Williams
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1978
  • Type Operator
    Owner F. J. Davidson
    Year 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    520 FT SHAFT WITH FIVE LEVELS IN 1910

  • Deposit

    OPERATED IN 1969

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 470

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.