Slate Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198795
MRDS ID D011717
MAS/MILS ID 0350170468
Record type Site
Current site name Slate Mine
Related records 10097921

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.12481, 32.78041 (WGS84)
Elevation 1843
Location accuracy 10(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 31 SESESW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.12481, 32.78041

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vermilion Cliffs Mining Co
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1957
  • Type Owner
    Owner UV Industries, Inc.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORKINGS CONNECT WITH BULLFROG

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 870

  • Deposit

    45TH ANNUAL REPORT STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES

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