| Deposit ID | 10011721 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D006826 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dictator Mine 1880's |
| Alternate or previous names | Dictator Group Replaced By Oversite Group of 6 Claims 1980. |
| Related records | 10247914 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.57838, 33.33843 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2027 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 24 MILES N 53 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sierra(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Chise(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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sierra |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 011S | 007W | 20 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Magdalena Group |
| Rock description | Magdalena Group |
| (1) | -107.57838, 33.33843 |
|---|
| General form | PODS |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| Year of last production | 1929 |
| District name | Sierra Cuchillo District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cuchillo Mines Co. |
| First year | 1930 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Natural Resources Group, Ltd. |
| Home office | P.O. Box 6 Durango, Colorado |
| First year | 1980 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 152.4M |
| Overall depth | 39.62M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D006826 |
HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 120-122, P. 114
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SHOOTS AND PODS ALONG LIMESTONE-PORPHYRY CONTACT. OLD GROUP OF 3 CLAIMS REPLACED BY NEW GROUP OF 6 CLAIMS. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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