Naiad Queen Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Vanadium
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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013435
MRDS ID D009722
Record type Site
Current site name Naiad Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claim, Naaid Queen
Related records 10126558

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.0245, 32.84817 (WGS84)
Elevation 2019
Relative position ABOUT 15.5 MILES N 70 E 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

Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 011W 07 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE NAIAD QUEEN MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerussite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • 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) -108.0245, 32.84817

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rock Beneath And Impervious Shale.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1866
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name Georgetown District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank Rogers
    Home office Santa Rita, N. M.
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rogers And Hughes
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATE REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION FOR THE GEORGETOWN DISTRICT. THE THREE LARGEST PRODUCERS WERE THE NAIAD QUEEN,THE COMMERCIAL AND THE MACGREGOR MINES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A 600 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 FT. INTERVALS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFT. THE SHAFT WAS REPORTED AS INACCESSIBLE IN 1944.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, F. A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 45

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68P. 3 18-319

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 67

  • Deposit

    HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306

  • Deposit

    JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    JONES, F. A., 1904, P. 45.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 47 COVERING 20.66 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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