San Simon District

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Arsenic, Zinc
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. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001676
MRDS ID W006783
Record type District
Current site name San Simon District
Alternate or previous names Granite Gap

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.14641, 32.07513 (WGS84)
Relative position AT NARROW GAP IN NORTHERN PART OF PELONCILLO MTNS. ON SAN SIMON SIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gage SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Commodities

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

Alteration

  • (Local) OXIDATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.14641, 32.07513

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description PELONCILLO MTN. RANGE, E-W FAULT AT GRANITE GAP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name SAN SIMON DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner SHATTUCK DENN MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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