Colossal Mine 1880's

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011719
MRDS ID D006823
Record type Site
Current site name Colossal Mine 1880's
Alternate or previous names Colossal-Midnight Group 1880's: Claims, Colossal, Midnight, Tidal Wave, King, King No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.71949, 33.30593 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position ABOUT 30 MILES N 66 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

Winston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(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 011S 009W 36 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN ENTRANCE OF MINE. LOCATED IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SOUTH FORK OF CUCHILLO NEGRO CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAY REPORTED BY SILLIMAN, B., 1882 P. 441

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Bromyrite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified,Garnetized And Epidotized Limestone.

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ASSAYED 127 OZ. AG/TON
Result 0.5 OZ AU/TON
Result ABOUT 7 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Magdalena Group
    Rock description Magdalena Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.71949, 33.30593

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North Trending Fault System Offsets Northwest Trending Vein.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rising From An Igneous Mass Were Channeled Along Faults And Localized In Fractures And By Replacement.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT. FOR INFORMATION ON THE MIDNIGHT MINE SEE THE SEPARATE CRIB ENTRY.

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 1925

Mining district

District name Black Range District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U. V. Industries
    Home office Hanover, N.M.
    First year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Albert Leach, Lordsburg, N.M. : U.V. Industries
    First year 1948

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATE PRODUCTION VALUE FROM 1880 TO 1932 IS 75000 DOLLARS.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 WERE CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, N.M. PRINTING CO., P. 99-100

  • Deposit

    LINGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-266

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 72-85

  • Deposit

    SILLIMAN, B., 1882 TRANS AIME, VOL 10, P. 441

  • Deposit

    5) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 78

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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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