Merrimac

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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 10150147
MRDS ID D001312
MAS/MILS ID 0350130187
Record type Site
Current site name Merrimac
Related records 10008854

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.57307, 32.45593 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jornada Draw(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 Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021 S 004 E 30 NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.57307, 32.45593

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs W C Godfrey
    Home office Texas
    Year 1935
  • Type Owner
    Owner Heirs Of Mrs Wilhoyt
    Home office Mississippi
    Year 1935

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ONE PATENTED CLAIM

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM K C 1935 NMBM BULL 11 P234

  • Deposit

    DALE V B & MCKINNEY 1959 USBM R1 5517 P5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 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