Garfield-Butler Group 1880's

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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 10011704
MRDS ID D006803
Record type Site
Current site name Garfield-Butler Group 1880's
Alternate or previous names Principal Claims: Garfield, Butler, Silas
Related records 10125981

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.56588, 32.95289 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position ABOUT 23 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 016S 007W 04 N2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN SHAFTS LOCATED 2.25 MILES NORTH OF HILLSBORO, N.M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz 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) -107.56588, 32.95289

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Appear To Radiate From Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized In Fractures And Fissures.

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
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Hillsboro District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner W. F. Beasley
    Home office Hillsboro, N.M.
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1880 TO 1931 AMOUNTS TO 40000 DOLLARS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 170.69M
    Overall depth 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF ONE 50 FT. SHAFT, ONE 40 FT. SHAFT, ONE 140 FT. SHAFT WITH A SHORT DRIFT, ONE 350 FT. TUNNEL, ONE 60 FT. TUNNEL WITH A 30 FT. WINZE AND ONE 150 FT. TUNNEL WITH A 30 FT. WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 125-144

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 141

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A VEIN AVERAGING 4 FT. IN WIDTH. 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 60 ACRES.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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