| Deposit ID | 60001677 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W006785 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Victorio District |
| Alternate or previous names | Gage District |
| Related records | 10222995 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.09501, 32.18343 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | MINES ON THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE VICTORIO MOUNTAINS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Luna(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gage(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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Luna |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| (1) | -108.09501, 32.18343 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | HIGH PLAINS BROKEN BY LOW LEVEL VOLCANIC HILLS |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| District name | VICTORIO DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| District name | GAGE DISTRICT |
LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 290-292.
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: USGS MAP, MR-25.
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, P. 69-86.
JONES, F.A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS: SANTA FE, N.M., P. 184.
DARTON, N.H., 1916, GEOLOGY AND UNDERGROUND WATER OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 618, P. 83-85, 103-104.
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