Rice-Graves Mine

Prospect in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Tungsten
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 10199345
MRDS ID D001322
MAS/MILS ID 0350170439
Record type Site
Current site name Rice-Graves Mine
Alternate or previous names Moneatta No 2 Claim
Related records 10008861

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.55982, 32.64402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1647

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullard Peak(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)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 019 S 017 W 24 NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Gila Group, Formation, or Conglomerate

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fayette Rice
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1964
  • Type Owner
    Owner Graves, O.
    Home office Florida
    Year 1964

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWITT C H NMBM BUL 60 P110

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN E NMBM BUL 83 P142

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-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