Silver Plume Mine

Unknown in Lincoln 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. 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 10271897
MAS/MILS ID 0350270332
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Plume Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.71135, 33.40151 (WGS84)
Elevation 2366
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Angus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruidoso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Hondo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010 S 013 E 31 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.71135, 33.40151

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hightower, J. B.
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THREE ADITS

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD G B 1959 NMBM BULL 67 P63

  • Deposit

    COLLINS G E 1953 AEC PRELIM RECON REPT DEB-RRA-1120

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