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Matchless Group 1910's

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, Manganese
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  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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011748
MRDS ID D006861
Record type Site
Current site name Matchless Group 1910's
Alternate or previous names Principal Claims: Matchless, Climax, Atlas, Tall Pine, Peerless, Indicator, Satisfaction, Bel Burke, Bel Burke Extension, Pride of the Camp
Related records 10126417

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.72699, 32.93205 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 32 MILES S65W 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

Kingston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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 016S 009W 11,12,13 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSTON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRECIOUS AND BASE METALS WERE MINED IN THE 1900'S, MANGANESE PRODUCTION BEGAN IN 1957.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Dolomite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.72699, 32.93205
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Iron King Fault Strikes N 5 W And Many Smaller Faults And Fractures Trend N 60 To 65 E.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rising From Ashallow Igneous Mass Were Channeled Along Fault Zones And Localized In Fractures And Bedding Planes Beneath An Impermeable Layer.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1950
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lurex Mining Corp.
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Empire Zinc Division Of New Jersey Zinc Co.
    First year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • MANGANESE PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED AS 233 LONG TONS OF CONCENTRATES AVERAGING 42.6% MN IN 1957 AND 770 LONG TONS OF SORTED ORE AVERAGING 33% MN IN 1958.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF AN OPENCUT 100 FT IN LENGTH AND 15 FT DEEP. OPEN STOPES, SEPARATED BY PILLARS, EXTEND WEST FROM THE NORTH HALF OF THE OPENCUT. OLDER WORKINGS FROM THE 1900'S ARE INACCESSIBLE BUT ESTIMATED AT 500 FT OF TUNNELS, ADITS, DRIFTS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.103

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC 8030, P.97

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

  • Production

    L.L. FARNHAM, 1961 P.97

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS FRACTURE FILLINGS, WALL ROCK REPLACEMENTS AND IRREGULAR BEDDING REPLACEMENTS IN OR NEAR FAULT ZONES AND ALONG GENTLY FOLDED BEDDING PLANES. TEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NO. 1464 COVERING 184.898 ACRES.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-SEP-98 Spanski, Gregory T. U.S. Geological Survey

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