Silver Cell Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead
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 10013439
MRDS ID D009728
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Cell Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Cell Group: Claims, Silver Cell, Mangus, Black Tarier, Climax, Keystone, Wedge
Related records 10271530

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.21923, 32.8415 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES N 33 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

Fort Bayard(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 013W 07,08 SE (07); SW (08) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT ON THE SILVER CELL CLAIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.21923, 32.8415

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N
    Dip 75E

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 1890
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Pinos Altos District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Cell Mining Co.
    First year 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner Juanita Langer Wilkens
    First year 1954

Comments on the production information

  • ACCURATE PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1914 TO 1917, 1922, 1925, 1934, 1935 AND 1953. ABOUT $100,000 IN AG BY 1903. GRADE REPORTEDLY RANGED UP TO 8000 OZ/TON AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A 400 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH ABOUT 800 FT. OF DRIFT AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 301

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 121

  • Deposit

    BUSH, F. V., 1915 MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, VOL 42, NO 4, P. 167

  • Deposit

    BLOOD, C. C., 1916 MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, VOL 45, NO 16, P. 659

  • Deposit

    JONES, W. R., MOORE, S. L., AND PRATT, W. P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    JONES, F.A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS: SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO PRINTING COMPANY, P. 49-51.

  • Production

    ESTIMATE FROM USGS PP 68, P. 301. ACCURATE PRODUCTION FROM AGGREGATED USBM RECORDS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW VEIN TRENDING N AND DIPPING 75 E IN DIORITE PORPHYRY. SIX CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1069 COVERING 80.201 ACRES.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D011742 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references