Philadelphia Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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 10223509
MRDS ID D011677
MAS/MILS ID 0350170429
Record type Site
Current site name Philadelphia Mine
Related records 10014760

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.07891, 32.81651 (WGS84)
Elevation 1994
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 22 SESWNW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.07891, 32.81651

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peru Mining Co
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1946
  • Type Owner
    Owner UV Industries, Inc.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORKED IN EARLY PART OF CENTURY

  • Deposit

    700 FT SHAFT & SEVERAL LEVELS

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINES INDEX, USGS PP 68

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