Caballo Mountains Mining and Leaching Co. Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011901
MRDS ID D007088
Record type Site
Current site name Caballo Mountains Mining and Leaching Co. Claims
Alternate or previous names Claims, Alice, Copper Queen, Spring, Mountain Chief, Wheel of Fortune, Jack Pot, Lincoln, Rainbow, Providence, Wilson, Lady Franklin, Sligo, Black Bear, Silver Cliff
Related records 10272551

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.27198, 32.89373 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 16.5 MILES S 4 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

Caballo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(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 016S 004W 29 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE FOR MINE WORKINGS SOUTH OF APACHE CANYON AS SHOWN ON THE CABALLO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Lead Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bliss And El Paso Group
    Rock description Bliss And El Paso Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.27198, 32.89373

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fissure Structural Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Caballo Mountains Mining And Leaching Co.
    First year 1930

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF A 300 FT. SHAFT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND 3 TUNNELS WITH A COMBINED LENGTH OF ABOUT 400 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 208

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS FISSURE VEINS IN SEDIMENTS OVERLYING PREC GRANITE. 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 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