| Deposit ID | 10199091 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | d011453 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350170151 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Azure Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Tiffany Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.38172, 32.65732 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1860 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Wind Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 019 S | 015 W | 15 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Semiprecious Gemstone | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | -108.38172, 32.65732 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Phelps Dodge Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1979 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | James Hamilton Construction Co., Inc. |
| Home office | New Mexico |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350170151 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | d011453 | MAS references MRDS |
NUMEROUS WORKINGS WITH OLD INDIAN WORKINGS
LARGEST TURQUOISE PRODUCER IN THE AREA
WILL BE COVERED BY PHELPS DODGE WASTE DUMPS BY 1980
GILLERMAN, ELLIOT NMBM BUL 83 PP49-51
| 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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.