Deposit ID | 10087886 |
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MRDS ID | D010604 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Garnet Mine |
Alternate or previous names | Providence Mine, Shoo Fly Mine, Fisk Mine: Garnet Group: Claims Pa Tented In 1891, Providence, James Fiske: Claims Patented In 1905, Garnet, Shoo Fly, Ma Belle |
Related records | 10271514 |
Geographic coordinates: | -106.11361, 32.42735 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 1433 |
Relative position | ABOUT 33.75 MILES S16W OF ALAMOGORDO. |
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Country | State | County |
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United States | New Mexico | Otero |
Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
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New Mexico | 021S | 008E | 34 | SW | New Mexico |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Gold | Primary |
Silver | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Garnet | Gangue |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
Rock unit name | Gobbler Formation |
Rock description | Gobbler Formation |
(1) | -106.11361, 32.42735 |
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General form | IRREGULAR |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery method | Ore-Mineral In Place |
Year of first production | 1887 |
Year of last production | 1953 |
District name | Orogrande District |
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Ownership category | Private |
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Type | Operator |
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Owner | Q. Drunzer |
Home office | Orogrande, N.M. |
First year | 1953 |
Type | Owner |
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Owner | Homan Arnold, El Paso, Tx. And St. Louis United Copper Mining Co. |
First year | 1953 |
Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
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Overall depth | 147.83M |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010604 |
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 1 87
ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 101-102
SCHMIDT, P.G., AND CRADDOCK, C., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 82, P. 45, PLATE 1
BEANE, R.E., JARAMILLO, L.E., AND BLOOM, M.S., 1975 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 26TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 151-156
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 591, 593, AND 1180 CO VERING A TOTAL OF 87.99 ACRES. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-MAY-1983 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |