Lordsburg/Goldfield-Hidalgo

Plant in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247021
MAS/MILS ID 0350230004
Record type Site
Current site name Lordsburg/Goldfield-Hidalgo
Alternate or previous names Westar Mine, Lordsburg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.74373, 32.31652 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023 S 019 W 12 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.74373, 32.31652

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Filled Stopes - Inclined Cut and Fill
Year of first production 1983
Plant type Leach
Milling method Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Lordsburg District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Lordsburg Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner The Goldfield Corp. (Owns Lordsburg Mining Co.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Florida
    Year 1996
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Federal Resources Corp.
    Interest 50
    Year 1996
    First year 1983
    Last year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • THE GOLDFIELDS CORPORATION PURCHASED WESTERN FEDERAL RES. CORP. 50% INTREST IN PROPERTY IN 1994.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES/RESERVES ARE UNKNOWN AS OF 12/31/95.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, PP. 364, 365.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P284.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 116, 117.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE MAY INCLUDE THE ATWOOD/ATWOOD HILL-HENRY CLAY MINE: VALEDON MINE & THE WALDO MINE; ALL OF THESE MINES ARE LOCATED IN THE SAME AREA, APPROX. 3 TO 5 MILIS SW OF THE TOWN OF LORDSBURG, NEW MEXICO. RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97 LISTS MINE UNDER BOTH THE LORDSBURG AND GOLDFIELD-HIDALGO NAME. RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY 1994/95 LISTS THESE TWO MINES SEPARATELY. MINE IS ON STAND-BY (TEMP-SHUTDOWN) AS OF 1994. ORE IS SHIPPED TO NEAR BY SMELTERS AS PRECIOUS METALS BEARING FLUX. THE PROPERTY COVERS ABOUT 12000 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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