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Columbia Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  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 10013459
MRDS ID D009757
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Mine
Alternate or previous names Fairview Group, Teel Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.79893, 32.869 (WGS84)
Elevation 2385
Relative position ABOUT 29 MILES N 77 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

Maverick Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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 016S 009W 32 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE SAN LORENZO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Paso Limestone;Montoya Limestone
    Rock description El Paso Limestone;Montoya Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.79893, 32.869
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ore Occurs Adjacent To A Northeast Striking Fault Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Replaced Favorable Host Rocks Adjacent To A Fault Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1924
Year of last production 1944

Mining district

District name Carpenter District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Black Range Development Co.
    First year 1944
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. A. Teel And Associates
    Home office San Lorenzo, N. M.
    First year 1944

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1942 To 1944
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 4.98% Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major ORE Lead Lead 5wt-pct
  • Year 1944
    Period 1942 To 1944
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 9.42% Zn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major ORE Zinc Zinc 9wt-pct
  • Year 1944
    Period 1942 To 1944
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 1.40 Oz Ag/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor ORE Silver Silver 40g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1942, 1943 AND 1944.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 289.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1944 CONSISTED OF TWO TUNNELS. THE LOWER TUNNEL CONTAINS ABOUT 700 FT. OF WORKINGS AND THE UPPER LEVEL TUNNEL CONTAINS ABOUT 250 FT. OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 272

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G. T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 110-112

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D. C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-900

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIXTEEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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