| Deposit ID | 10271866 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350130015 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Merrimac Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.57307, 32.45543 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1673 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dona Ana(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jornada Draw(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Dona Ana |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 021 S | 003 E | 30 | SWNE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Smithsonite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -106.57307, 32.45543 |
|---|
| Strike | N45E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 35W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 61M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 60M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 11M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.5HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1882 |
| Year of first production | 1882 |
| District name | Organ |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
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| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350130015 |
NORTHRUP, S. A., 1959, MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, REVISED ED:
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS 665 PP.
DUNHAM, CHARLES, 1935, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MTNS: NEW ME
SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 11, PP. 100-101, 129-130, AND 189-190
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TIN OCCURS AS STANNITE AND ONLY AS A MINOR OCCURRENCE. REFERENCE TO 070: SPHALERITE MOST COMMON MINERAL. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Hite, Alan G. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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