Excess Claim

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc
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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009810
MRDS ID D003036
Record type Site
Current site name Excess Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.09672, 32.17707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position ABOUT 21 MILES S 73 W OF DEMING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 024S 012W 32 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT AS SHOWN ON PLATE 4 OF NMBMMR BULL 72.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Gold Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.09672, 32.17707

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip 65 TO 80 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1887
Year of last production 1922

Mining district

District name Victorio District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner St. Louis And Plata Rey Gold And Silver Minning Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. W. Mccandles
    First year 1961

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 TO CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH ABOUT 150 FT. OF DRIFT AND CROSSCUTS ON THE 100 FT. LEVEL. THIS LEVEL IS CONNECTED TO THE RAMBLER MINE AND PROVIDES THE ONLY ACCESSIBLE ENTRY TO THE RAMBLER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 292

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 82-83, PLATES 4 AND 7

  • Deposit

    THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1175

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 865 COVERING 10.022 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-78 Hasler, J. William New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-APR-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references