Gallinas Mountains District

Location: New Mexico, United States (34.227, -105.747 approx.)

Commodities: gold; silver; copper; fluorine; iron; zinc; lead; rare earth elements; uranium; thorium; tellurium; molybdenum; asbestos

Recorded production

• Gallinas Mountains District: produced approximately 4,860 metric tons of lead (Pb) at 16.8111 percent, containing about 815.1 metric tons Pb, 1909–1955 (McLemore (2017), Appendix 2)
• Gallinas Mountains District: produced approximately 4,860 metric tons of gold (Au) at 4.48111 percent, containing about 0.0 metric tons Au, 1909–1955 (McLemore (2017), Appendix 2)
• Gallinas Mountains District: produced approximately 4,860 metric tons of zinc (Zn) at 0.162111 percent, containing about 7.9 metric tons Zn, 1909–1955 (McLemore (2017), Appendix 2)
• Gallinas Mountains District: produced approximately 4,860 metric tons of silver (Ag) at 0.015211 percent, containing about 0.7 metric tons Ag, 1909–1955 (McLemore (2017), Appendix 2)
• Gallinas Mountains District: produced approximately 4,860 metric tons of copper (Cu) at 3.6111 percent, containing about 175.1 metric tons Cu, 1909–1955 (McLemore (2017), Appendix 2)

Exploration and site history

• Discovery — No data on discovery, 1881 (McLemore (2017))

Record imported from USGS USMIN ver. 4.0 (June 2019). Developments after that date appear on facility records, not here; see the methodology.