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Big Jap Mine

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011701
MRDS ID D006798
Record type Site
Current site name Big Jap Mine
Related records 10305580

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.74782, 32.86261 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position ABOUT 34 MILES S 58 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

P A Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 009W 02 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS LOCATED ON THE EAST FLANK OF SEVEN BROTHERS MOUNTAIN WITHIN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Acanthite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Bliss Sandstone;El Paso Limestone
    Rock description Bliss Sandstone;El Paso Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.74782, 32.86261
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Filled Fractures And Replaced Favorable Bedding Layers.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tierra Blanca District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL ORE SHIPPED IS REPORTED TO AMOUNT TO 140 TONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    D.C. HEDLUND, 1977 SHEET 2

Reporter information

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

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