Torrence Mine 1880

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Barium-Barite, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008132
MRDS ID D000052
Record type Site
Current site name Torrence Mine 1880
Alternate or previous names Known As the New Find During the Late 1880'sS, And As the Sixteen To One In the 1890's Or 1900's.
Related records 10223853

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.94337, 34.06398 (WGS84)
Elevation 1582
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position LOCATED A FEW HUNDRED FEET NORTHWEST OF THE DEWEY LODE MINE WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE SOCORRO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Socorro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
003S 001W 09 NW OF NE OF SE New Mexico

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Descloizite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Mimetite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.94337, 34.06398

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 35 TO 65 WEST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SOCORRO PEAK DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1923

Mining district

District name Socorro Peak District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Mexico
    Home office New Mexico
    First year 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 289.56M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH 3 LEVELS AND ABOUT 950 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 109-111

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 239-240

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 118-133

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 32

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-73 Fischer, Richard P. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-95 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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