Granite Gap Mines

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Silver, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150306
MRDS ID D003294
MAS/MILS ID 0350230128
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Gap Mines
Alternate or previous names Hilltop Group
Related records 10101434

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.97983, 32.07933 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cotton City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 026 S 021 W 03 N2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.97983, 32.07933

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 Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Vincent And Frank Veseley
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1956
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Raymond And Robert Custer
    Year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORKINGS EXTEND INTO SE SEC 34 & SW SEC 35 T25S

  • Deposit

    VESELEY OWN 7 CLAIMS CUSTERS OWN 3

  • Deposit

    MANY INTERCONNECTED WORKINGS

  • Deposit

    INCLUDES VESLEY BOB MONTGOMERY & WORLDS FAIR CLAIMS

  • Deposit

    ABOUT $1 MILLION WORTH OF SHIPMENTS, MOST BEFORE 1910

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN NMBM&MR BULLETIN 57

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