Little Jewess Mine 1900's

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011607
MRDS ID D006637
Record type Site
Current site name Little Jewess Mine 1900's
Alternate or previous names Patented Claim In 1916, Little Jewess

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.52227, 32.97678 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position ABOUT 19 MILES S 55 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015S 007W 25 W2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR ADIT ON THE NORTHWEST FLANK OF ANIMAS PEAK AS SHOWN ON THE HILLSBORO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitized Andesite.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.52227, 32.97678

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Is Part Of Radial System Of Veins Associated With Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 50 NW
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized As Fissure Fillings.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1950
Year of last production 1946

Mining district

District name Hillsboro District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. W. Twiford
    Home office Box 112 Hillsboro, N.M.
    First year 1946
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fredrick Hiltscher And Max Hiltscher
    First year 1948

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1946 CONSISTED OF ONE TUNNEL ABOUT 500 FT. IN LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 125-141, P. 159-160

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS IN A NORTHEAST STRIKING ZONE OF SHEARED AND FRACTURED ANDESITE RANGING FROM 2 FT. TO 4 FT. IN WIDTH. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1715 COVERING 15.98 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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