Virginia Mine

Past Producer in Otero 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247879
MRDS ID D010606
MAS/MILS ID 0350350170
Record type Site
Current site name Virginia Mine
Alternate or previous names Bent Mine, Treasure Island 1-5
Related records 10014008

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.95495, 33.15791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1575

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Otero(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cat Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruidoso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Otero

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013 S 010 E 26 C New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.95495, 33.15791

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tularosa Copper Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7740, P66-69

  • Deposit

    NMBM MINES FILE

  • Deposit

    NMBM COMPANY FILE

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 68,PP187-190

  • Deposit

    BALL SYDNEY H SANDSTONE COPPER DEPOSITS AT BENT NM, MINING

  • Deposit

    AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, JULY 26 1913 P132-135

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.