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Carlisle Mine

Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  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 10013284
MRDS ID D009504
Record type Site
Current site name Carlisle Mine
Alternate or previous names Carlyle Mine: Claims Patented In 1887, Carlisle, Carlisle Millsite, Homestead, Columbia
Related records 10150041

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.96592, 32.85289 (WGS84)
Elevation 1593
Relative position ABOUT 41 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 01,12 SW (01); NW (12) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE STEEPLE ROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Selenite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization, Chloritization, Epidotization

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.96592, 32.85289
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In The Vicinity Of The Carlisle Shaft, The Carlisle Fault Strikes N45w. Southeast Of The Shaft The Fault Turns Due East And Northwest Of The Shaft It Turns Due West. Ore Shoots Are Localized By Changes In Strike And Dip Of The Veins, And Possibly By Changes In The Wall Rock.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 45 W
    Dip 65 TO 70 SW
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer Daniel Remington, James Mounts, William Johns And A.G.P. George
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1960

Mining district

District name Steeple Rock District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner White And Tipton Trucking
    Home office P.O. Box 162, Duncan, Ariz. 85534
    First year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner Carlisle Development Co.
    Home office Phoenix, Ariz.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • MINE WAS IDLE 1887-1903, 1905-1912, 1914,1915,1921-1927, 1929-1935, 1952-1958.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3048M
    Overall depth 218.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE LATE 1940'S CONSISTED OF A VERTICAL SHAFT ABOUT 520 FT. DEEP WITH WORKING LEVELS AT 160,300,400 AND 500 FT...A 200 FT. WINZE PROVIDES ACCESS TO LEVELS AT 600 AND 700 FT..

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON,C.H., 1943 USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT 188, 11 PAGES

  • Deposit

    RUSSELL,P.L., 1947 USBM RI-4073, 12 PAGES

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 180-188

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS,R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, P. 1-25

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    USGS BULL 1222-E.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS PODS, BUNCHES AND IRREGULAR MASSES IN BRECCIA ALONG A NORTHWEST STRIKING FAULT. ORE SHOOTS ON THE 160 FT. LEVEL WERE 7 TO 8 FT. THICK AND 50 TO 200 FT. WIDE AND UP TO 400 FT. LONG. FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 279,280,283 AND 284 COVERING 63.03 ACRES.
Deposit LINDGREN,ET AL, 1910, P. 327, REPORTED PRODUCTION VALUE OF GOLD AND SILVER ORE FROM THE EARLY 1880'S TO 1897 AMOUNTED TO 3000000 DOLLARS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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