Silver Coinage Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013003
MRDS ID D009050
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Coinage Mine
Related records 10150169

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.56279, 32.4468 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 16 MILES N 55 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)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

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 29 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS SITUATED ABOUT 3000 FEET NORTH OF SAN AUGUSTIN PEAK AT AN ELEVATION OF 6100 FEET.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.56279, 32.4468

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 80 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized In A N 80 W Striking Fissure Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Organ District: San Augustin Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rex Rakestraw
    First year 1935
  • Type Owner
    Owner White Sands Missile Range

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 83.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1935 CONSISTED OF A 275 FT. TUNNEL WITH A SMALL STOPE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 202-203

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 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