Burney Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, 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 10174840
MAS/MILS ID 0350170184
Record type Site
Current site name Burney Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.07281, 32.84181 (WGS84)
Elevation 2104
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Mine(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 012 W 10 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.07281, 32.84181

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. T. Burney
    Home office California
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    200 FT SHAFT WITH 90 FT OF DRIFT. 200 TONS SHIPPED

  • Deposit

    HYDROZINCITE CERUSSITE. DEPOSIT MINED OUT BY 1946

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINES INDEX

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.