Nana Mine 1880's

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011732
MRDS ID D006839
Record type Site
Current site name Nana Mine 1880's
Alternate or previous names Wall Street Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.70727, 33.33843 (WGS84)
Elevation 1974
Relative position ABOUT 30 MILES N60W 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 008W 19 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN ENTRANCE ABOUT 1.75 MILES DUE WEST OF CHLORIDE, N.M. ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHLORIDE CREEK IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Andesite

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) -107.70727, 33.33843

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N40W
    Dip 75 TO 80 SW
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized In Fractures.

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

Mining district

District name Black Range District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 85.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF AN ADIT 280 FT. IN LENGTH AND A 1965 TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE INDICATES A SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.72-90

  • Deposit

    MAXWELL, C.H. AND HEYL, A.V., 1980 GLOBAL TECTONICS AND METALLOGENY, VOL 1, NO 2, P.129-133

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN FISSURE VEINS RANGING FROM 2 FT. TO 4 FT. WIDE AND ONE ORE SHOOT HAD A REPORTED LENGTH OF 40 FT. ALONG THE VEIN.
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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