Nana Mine 1880's

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Barium-Barite
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. 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 10011914
MRDS ID D007106
Record type Site
Current site name Nana Mine 1880's
Related records 10127288

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.70143, 33.16428 (WGS84)
Elevation 1836
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 19 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • MAIN ENTRANCE IS ABOUT 800 FT. SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE OLD PALOMAS MINING CAMP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite;Onate Siltstone
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite;Onate Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.70143, 33.16428

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Along N 5 E Striking Fractures And Minor Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized Beneath Relatively Impervious Strata.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HERMOSA DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1915

Mining district

District name Hermosa (Palomas) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ross, Charles F.
    First year 1915

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1915 CONSISTED OF ABOUT 1200 FT. OF TUNNELS AND SEVERAL SHORT WINZES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 266-268

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 90-98

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SHOOTS AND PODS THAT TREND NORTH AND LIE BENEATH FINE-GRAIN RELATIVELY IMPERVIOUS SILTSTONE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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