Laura Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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 10013276
MRDS ID D009492
Record type Site
Current site name Laura Mine
Alternate or previous names Laura Consolidated Quartz Mine Group, Claims Patented In 1901, Laura, Clara
Related records 10126541

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.98814, 32.85094 (WGS84)
Elevation 1715
Relative position ABOUT 42.5 MILES N 83 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steeple Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 021W 02,03,11 SW (02); SE (03); NW (11) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE LAURA MINE AS SHOWN ON THE STEEPLE ROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.98814, 32.85094

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along The North To Northwest Striking Laura Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Steeple Rock District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Summit Minerals, Inc.
    Home office Box W, Duncan, Az. 85534
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1907, 1908, 1909, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 300 FT. SHAFT WITH TWO WORKING LEVELS AND ABOUT 700 FT. OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 327-328

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 196

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, 29 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit ORE ZONE WAS REPORTED TO BE 1.5 FT. THICK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1067 COVERING 35.918 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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