Alhambra Mine

Prospect in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Arsenic, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Silver, Uranium, Zinc
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 10247152
MRDS ID D009501
MAS/MILS ID 0350170140
Record type Site
Current site name Alhambra Mine
Related records 10101798

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.51032, 32.72091 (WGS84)
Elevation 1803
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 018 S 016 W 21 W2SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Silver Primary
Uranium Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.51032, 32.72091

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner UV Industries, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1979
  • Type Operator
    Owner Carl Rogers
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OVER $400000 PRODUCED

  • Deposit

    NATIVE AG W/ AG NI CO ARSENIDES AND SULPHIDES

  • Deposit

    PITCHBLENDE WITH NI AND CO MINERALS

  • Deposit

    UVI HAS OPERATION OFFICE AT BOX 406 HANOVER NM

  • Deposit

    SURVEY NO 869

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN E NMBM BUL 83 P146

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN E ET AL USBM BUL 1009K P306

  • Deposit

    LOVERINGTON T G USBM BUL 1009L P351

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUN-95 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