Little Granite Mine 1887

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
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. Ore body information
  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 10011728
MRDS ID D006835
Record type Site
Current site name Little Granite Mine 1887
Alternate or previous names Mima Mine: Claims In 1980, Little Granite Nos. 1 To 6
Related records 10232489

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.76867, 33.43316 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149
Relative position ABOUT 37 MILES N55W 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

Sawmill Peak(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 010S 009W 21 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN ENTRANCE. LOCATED ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE BLACK RANGE ALONG TURKEY CREEK AND IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR. OTHER METALS CONTENT NOT DETERMINED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Acanthite Ore
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLES ASSAYED AVERAGED 13.25 OZ AG/TON
Result 0.12 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.76867, 33.43316

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N5W
    Dip 80E
    Thickness 1.07M
    Length 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized In Fissures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE 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 1980

Mining district

District name Black Range District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank Turley
    Home office Mesa, Az.
    First year 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORIGINAL WORKINGS CONSISTING OF 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS, A SHORT ADIT AND A FEW SHALLOW OPEN CUTS WERE CAVED IN 1980 AND RECENT WORK HAS ADVANCED ABOUT 175 FT. IN LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON MINES OF THE BLACK RANGE AND APACHE DISTRICTS, ATCHISON, TOPEKA, AND SANTA FE RAILWAY, 1887

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.81

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS STRINGERS IN A VEIN RANGING FROM 1 FT. TO 3.5 FT. WIDE AND CAN BE TRACED IN SURFACE OUTCROPS FOR ABOUT 800 FT.. 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 120 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references