Rattlesnake

Past Producer in Sierra 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 10127016
MRDS ID W016625
MAS/MILS ID 0350510296
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake
Alternate or previous names Snake
Related records 10072170

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.5539, 32.94231 (WGS84)
Elevation 1738
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016 S 007 W 03 SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Paleozoic rocks, undivided

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sierra Enterprises Inc
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION ABOUT $1500000 TO 1932

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY ALSO INCLUDES "SULFIDES"

  • Deposit

    HARLEY G T 1934 NMBM BULL 10 P151

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR FILE DATA

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