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Pelican Mine

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10011749
MRDS ID D006864
Record type Site
Current site name Pelican Mine
Alternate or previous names Hermosa Silver Mines Co. 1900's: Patented Claims, Pelican, Eagle, Albatross, Vulture All Patented In 1890's: Unpatented Claims, Crane, Pelican Nos. 2, 3, Hermosa, Valley, Hereford, Hidden Treasure, Iron King, Marshall, Bull Frog, Bull Frog No. 2, Bull Dog, Bull Dog No. 2, Woodrow Wilson, The Fraction: Claims of the Hermosa Silver Mining Co. Reported By, F.A. Jones, 1922.

Comments on the site names

  • CLAIMS OF THE HERMOSA SILVER MINING CO. REPORTED BY F.A. JONES, 1922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.70449, 33.16733 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position ABOUT 25 MILES N 85 W 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

Sugarloaf 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013S 008W 18,19 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE MAIN WORKINGS ARE LOCATED ABOUT 800 FT NORTHWEST OF THE OLD PALOMAS MINING CAMP.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • FOR COMPLETE ORE MINERALOGY SEE JICHA, 1954 P766

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Bornite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • 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) -107.70449, 33.16733
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pelican Fault Strikes N25w And Many Smaller Faults Parallel This Fault Many Smaller Faults Trending North To Northeast Intersect With The Pelican Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rising From A Shallow 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 HERMOSA DISTRICT. ADDITIONAL HOST ROCK FORMATIONS INCLUDE PENN. MAGDALENA GROUP, MISS. KELLY FORMATION, MISS. LAKE VALLEY FORMATION, DEV. ONATE FORMATION, ORD. VALMONT FORMATION AND ORD. MONTOYA FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Hermosa (Palomas) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George Koepke
    First year 1952
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. F. Ross
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • THE PELICAN MINE WAS CREDITED WITH ABOUT 1000000 DOLLARS PRODUCTION VALUE, PRINCIPALLY IN SILVER, PRIOR TO 1932.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 335.28M
    Overall depth 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS WERE REPORTED IN 1950 TO CONSIST OF MORE THAN 1000 FT OF TUNNELS, DRIFTS AND RAISES, AND A VERTICAL SHAFT 160 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, F.A., 1922 HERMOSA SILVER MINES CO., PRIVATE REPORT, 26 PAGES

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.95-P.96

  • Deposit

    JICHA, H.L. JR., 1954 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY VOL 49, NO. 7, P.759-P.778

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R.H., 1955 NMBMMR CIRC 33, 14 PAGES

  • Deposit

    5) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    6) JAHNS, R.H., 1967 NMBMMR BULL 55, 6 PAGES

  • Production

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 P95

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN VEINS AND SHOOTS WITHIN FAULT AND FRACTURE ZONES, OR IN BEDS AND POCKETS ALONG GENTLY FOLDED BEDDING PLANES. MOST IMPORTANT ORE BODIES OCCUR BELOW AN IMPERMEABLE SHALE OR AT FAULT-FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS. 4 PATENTED CLAIMS COVERING 65.053 ACRES AND 15 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 295 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

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