| Deposit ID | 10013298 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009519 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Telegraph Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Claim, Tecumseh |
| Related records | 10174396 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.62174, 32.78039 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1509 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 20.5 MILES DUE WEST OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mangas Springs(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)
Federal lands
Gila National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 017S | 017W | 32 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -108.62174, 32.78039 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Major Faults Strike Northwest And Minor Cross Faults Strike Northeast. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 28 E |
| Dip | 65 SE |
| Thickness | 0.91M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1881 |
| Discoverer | A.J. Kirby |
| Year of first production | 1881 |
| District name | Telegraph District: Burro Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Telegraph Mining Co. |
| First year | 1880 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 76.2M |
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009519 |
JONES,F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS,THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 70-72
LINDGREN, W., GRATON,L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 325-326
HEWITT,C.H.,1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 115
GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 160
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE VEIN IS 2 TO 3 FT. WIDE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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