Templar Mine 1880's

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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. Geologic structures
  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 10011712
MRDS ID D006815
Record type Site
Current site name Templar Mine 1880's
Alternate or previous names North Percha Camp
Related records 10297098

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.74421, 32.97928 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 30 MILES S 70 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

Kingston(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

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 015S 009W 27 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED WITHIN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH PERCHA CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.74421, 32.97928

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Major Faults Trend North And Minor Faults Trend Northwest To Soutwest.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fissure Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON 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 1936

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Templar Mining Co.
    Home office New York Life Building, Kansas City, Mo.
    First year 1936

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS AND ABOUT 300 FT. OF DRIFTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 268-270

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 98-105

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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