Steeple Rock District

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001674
MRDS ID W006779
Record type District
Current site name Steeple Rock District
Alternate or previous names Carlisle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.96734, 32.85011 (WGS84)
Relative position VARIOUS MINES IN CARLISLE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steeple Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Commodities

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

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.96734, 32.85011

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name STEEPLE ROCK DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner EXPLORATION SYNDICATE, INC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.