| Deposit ID | 10013438 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009725 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pewabic Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Pewabic Group: Claims Patented In 1917, Pewabic, Result, Walpool, Eclipse |
| Related records | 10223217 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.07394, 32.81872 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2042 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 12 MILES N 75 E OF SILVER CITY. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 017S | 012W | 22 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Pyrrhotite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Model code | 60 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18c |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Zn-Pb |
| Mark3 model number | 22 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Lake Valley Limestone;Oswaldo Formation |
| Rock description | Lake Valley Limestone;Oswaldo Formation |
| (1) | -108.07394, 32.81872 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR, POD |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 121.92M |
| Length | 365.76M |
| Width | 228.6M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| Year of last production | 1952 |
| District name | Fierro-Hanover District; Central District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hanover Copper Co. ; Peru Mining Co. ; Callahan Zinc-Lead Co. ; |
| First year | 1909 |
| Last year | 1927 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hanover Copper Co. ; Peru Mining Co.; U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co. |
| First year | 1909 |
| Last year | 1927 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 182.88M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009725 |
PAIGE, S., 1916 USGS ATLAS, FOLIO 199
SPENCER, A. C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 66-69
SCHMITT, H. A., 1939 GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL, VOL 50, NO 5, P. 777-818
ANDERSON, E. C., 1954 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 55-57
HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306
JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES
THOMPSON, A. J., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 154-158
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
KELLEY, V.C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P. 117-118.
ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL. 39, P. 55.
HARRER, C.M., AND KELLEY, F.J., 1963, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8190, P. 29.
LASKY, S.G., AND HOAGLAND, A.D., 1948, SYMPOSIUM ON GEOLOGY, PARAGENESIS, AND RESERVES OF ORES OF LEAD AND ZINC: LONDON, INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, 18TH, 1948, P. 86-97.
MULLEN, D.H., AND STORMS, W.R., 1948, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4228, 8 P.
SCHMITT, H.A., 1939B, GSA BULL. 50, P. 777-818.
SCHMITT, H.A., 1942, IN NEWHOUSE, W.H., ED., ORE DEPOSITS AS RELATED TO STRUCTURAL FEATURES: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 73-79.
HILLESLAND, L.L., ET. AL., 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: COBRE MINING CO., UNPUBLISHED PAPER, 15 P.
(1) HILLESLAND ET. AL. (1994), P. 2.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE BODIES ARE HORIZONTAL POD-LIKE FORMS AS MUCH AS 12 M IN DIAMETER AND 180 M LONG ENCLOSED IN LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE AND FURTHER CONTROLLED BY VERTICAL FISSURES AND THRUST FAULTS AT SOUTHEAST MARGIN OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK. FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1463 COVERING 66.68 ACRES. ORIGINAL PROPERTY (1916) HAD 18 CLAIMS. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D011682 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 07-JUL-1984 | Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 25-OCT-1994 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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