Silver Cave #1

Past Producer in Luna 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 10296356
MRDS ID D010508
MAS/MILS ID 0350290262
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Cave #1
Alternate or previous names Pocohonta
Related records 10013938

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.60249, 32.05484 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gym Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deming(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 026 S 007 W 07 SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.60249, 32.05484

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 BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. R Oldham And H M Raithel And C R Scott
    Year 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD G B 1961 NMBM BULL 72 P122

  • Deposit

    USGS 7.5 MIN TOPO GYM PEAK

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