Renowned Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, 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. 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 10272144
MRDS ID D010692
MAS/MILS ID 0350270307
Record type Site
Current site name Renowned Mine
Alternate or previous names Renowned O K
Related records 10097876

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.78665, 33.47261 (WGS84)
Elevation 2409
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

Nogal Peak(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)

White Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 011 E 03 SWNE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.78665, 33.47261

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New Mexico Copper Corp.
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1958
  • Type Operator
    Owner East Utah Mining Co
    Home office Utah
    Year 1963

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD G B 1959 NMBM BULL 67 P53

  • Deposit

    MARDIROSIAN C A 1964 UNIV OF UTAH MS THESIS 84P

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON T B 1973 NMBM CIRC 123

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.

External references