Black Chief Claims

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
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. 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 10011898
MRDS ID D007085
Record type Site
Current site name Black Chief Claims
Related records 10198915

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.28587, 33.13955 (WGS84)
Elevation 1394
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.25 MILES N 57 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

Cuchillo(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013S 004W 31 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • UTM AND GEODETIC LOCATION ARE FOR THE CENTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SEC. 31.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Jasper Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Magdalena Group
    Rock description Magdalena Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.28587, 33.13955

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Broad Zone Of Fracturing And Silicification Occurs Along The Axis Of A S 70 E Plunging, Overturned Syncline.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 55 W TO N 70 W
    Dip STEEPLY SW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1953

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dave E. Gray
    First year 1950
  • Type Owner
    Owner K. W. Langford
    Home office Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1953 WAS REPORTED TO BE 8.3 TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE AVERAGING 15.5 % MN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 57.91M
    Overall depth 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF 3 OPENCUTS RANGING FROM 30 FT. TO 100 FT IN LENGTH AND UP TO 12 FT. IN DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 U.N.M. PUB. 4, FIG. 2

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 113

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 P. 113

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS IRREGULAR STRANDS AND BUNCHES ALONG THREE SEPARATE VEINS THAT OCCUPY A BROAD ZONE OF FRACTURED AND SILICIFIED LIMESTONE. THE VEINS RANGE FROM 1 FT. TO 5 FT. WIDE AND HAVE KNOWN LENGTHS FROM 40 FT. TO 100 FT. THE VEINS HAVE KNOWN DEPTHS UP TO 12 FT. 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 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