| Deposit ID | 10011730 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D006837 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Midnight Mine 1880's |
| Alternate or previous names | Colossal-Midnight Group 1880's: Claims, Colossal, Midnight, Tidal Wave, King, King No. 2 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.72393, 33.29538 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2027 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 30 MILES N66W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sierra |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 012S | 009W | 1 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Bromyrite | Ore |
| Chlorargyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Magdalena Group |
| Rock description | Magdalena Group |
| (1) | -107.72393, 33.29538 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northwest Trending Vein Off Set By North Trending Faults. |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| Year of last production | 1923 |
| District name | Black Range District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tidal Wave Mining Co. |
| Home office | W.A. Barnes, President |
| First year | 1920 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U. V. Industries |
| Home office | Hanover, N.M. |
| First year | 1980 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D006837 |
SILLIMAN, B., 1882 TRANS AIME, VOL 10, P.441
JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, N.M. PRINTING CO., P. 99-100
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-266
HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.72-85
5) NMBMMR GENERAL DATA FILE
G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P.78
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| 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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