Black Prince Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012995
MRDS ID D009040
Record type Site
Current site name Black Prince Mine
Related records 10246974

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.55418, 32.4618 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES N 54 E OF LAS CRUCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021S 004E 20 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS OF THE BLACK PRINCE MINE AS SHOWN ON THE ORGAN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sugarloaf Peak Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Sugarloaf Peak Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • 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) -106.55418, 32.4618

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS
    Strike NORTHEAST
    Dip 55 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized Along The Dolomite-Shale Contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name Organ District: San Augustin Mine: Black Prince Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. B. Bentley
    First year 1917
  • Type Owner
    Owner White Sands Missile Range

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS AND SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-213

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 240

  • Deposit

    ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43,39 PAGES

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 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