Red Hill Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, 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. 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 10150491
MRDS ID D010466
MAS/MILS ID 0350230227
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hill Mine
Related records 10087869

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.61422, 31.66874 (WGS84)
Elevation 1529
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walnut Wells NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 030 S 017 W 30 E2NWSW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.61422, 31.66874

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 Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fitch, A. J.
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1946

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AT LEAST 3750 TONS SHIPPED 1908-1950

  • Deposit

    REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT MAY EXIST AT DEPTH

  • Deposit

    ELSTON W E NMGS 16TH GUIDEBOOK P213

  • Deposit

    ZELLER R A NMBMMR BULLETIN 84

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM L L USBM 1C 8030

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