White Signal District

Location: New Mexico, United States (32.535, -108.357 approx.)

Commodities: copper; uranium; gold; silver; lead; bismuth; fluorine; radium; garnet; rare earth elements; thorium; zinc; niobium; tantalum; turquoise; beryllium; barium; mica; tellurium

Recorded production

• White Signal District: produced approximately 1,810 metric tons of gold (Au) at 0.002911 percent, containing about 0.1 metric tons Au, 1880–1968 (McLemore (2017), Appendix 2)
• White Signal District: produced approximately 1,810 metric tons of copper (Cu) at 0.65111 percent, containing about 11.8 metric tons Cu, 1880–1968 (McLemore (2017), Appendix 2)
• White Signal District: produced approximately 1,810 metric tons of lead (Pb) at 0.055111 percent, containing about 1.0 metric tons Pb, 1880–1968 (McLemore (2017), Appendix 2)
• White Signal District: produced approximately 1,810 metric tons of silver (Ag) at 0.004291 percent, containing about 0.1 metric tons Ag, 1880–1968 (McLemore (2017), Appendix 2)

Exploration and site history

• Discovery — No data on discovery, 1880 (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.