| Deposit ID | 10008855 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001313 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Black Jack Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Guame Property: Rock House Claims |
| Related records | 10296688 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.24392, 33.09039 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
| Relative position | 3 MILES S 15 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sierra(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Palomas Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Caballo(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sierra |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 014S | 004W | 15 | New Mexico |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Wad | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -107.24392, 33.09039 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR PODS |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH TO NORTHWEST |
| Dip | STEEPLY TO WEST AND SOUTHWEST |
| Length | 19.81M |
| Width | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1939 |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| Year of last production | 1958 |
| District name | Sierra Caballos (Palomas Gap) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | H. H. Mayberry |
| First year | 1958 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ray C Woods |
| First year | 1959 |
| Year | 1958 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1942-1958 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Length | 18.29M |
| Overall depth | 6.1M |
| Overall width | 5.49M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001313 |
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
HEWETT, D.F., AND FLEISCHER, M., 1960, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 55, NO. 1, P. 1-55.
FARNHAM, L L, 1961 USBM IC8030, P118
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN VARIOUS-SIZED IRREGULAR BUNCHES IN AND AROUND MASSES OF CALCITE AND METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE. SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING FRACTURES EXPOSED ON BOTH SIDES OF A NARROW WESTERLY TRENDING ARROYO. |
| Deposit | SEE SIERRA CABALLOS (PALOMAS GAP) DISTRICT FOR MAJOR REGIONAL TRENDS, STRUCTURE AND GENERAL GEOLOGY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-74 | Elliott, James E. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-81 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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