Pecos Mine

Past Producer in San Miguel county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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 10272669
MAS/MILS ID 0350470116
Record type Site
Current site name Pecos Mine
Alternate or previous names Willow Creek, Cowles, Cooper, Hamilton

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.6683, 35.7592 (WGS84)
Elevation 2412
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cowles(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pecos Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Santa Fe 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 San Miguel

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018 N 012 E 27 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.6683, 35.7592

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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Amax Exploration, Inc.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MATSON & HOAG 1930 USBM 1C 6368 21P

  • Deposit

    HARLEY G T 1940 NMBM BULL 15

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN ET AL 1910 USGS PROF PAPER 68 P113

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-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