Macho District

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Vanadium, Manganese, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001711
MRDS ID W016591
Record type District
Current site name Macho District
Alternate or previous names Old Dude Mine, Anniversary Claim, Bulldog Claim, Good Luck Group, Endochite Claim, Andesite Claim, Mable A Claim, Mable A No 1 Claim, Mable A No 2 Claim, Vanadinite Claim, Pyrolusite Claim, Olga Claim, Redemption Claim, Wetumka Claim, Dolly Claim, Selma Claim, Good Luck Claim, Maurice A Rogers Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.5839, 32.63342 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position UTM LOCATION IS FOR OLD DUDE MINE THE MOST EXTENSIVELY DEVELOPED PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT. THE MACHO DISTRICT IS A SMALL ONE WITH THE PRODUCTIVE PORTION BEING LESS THAN ONE SQUARE MILE IN AREA., WITHIN A RADIUS OF 3000 FEET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(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 Sierra

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.5839, 32.63342

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Discovery year 1879
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name MACHO DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P184

  • Deposit

    JICHA, H.L. JR., 1954 NMBMMR BULL 37, P74

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Beyond USGS

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