Sierra Bella

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, 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. 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 10248293
MAS/MILS ID 0350510314
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra Bella
Alternate or previous names Harrison, Last Chance, Bunkhouse, Emporia Incline, Strieby, Bella Chute

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.5673, 32.72372 (WGS84)
Elevation 1659
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018 S 007 W 21 SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Mississippian and Devonian rocks, undivided

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fisher Estate
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION ABOUT 1000000 02 SILVER TO 1934

  • Deposit

    HARLEY G T 1934 NMBM BULL 10 P182

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    JICHA H L 1954 NMBM BULL 37 P68

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