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Royal John Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013465
MRDS ID D009770
Record type Site
Current site name Royal John Mine
Alternate or previous names Grand Central Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.7856, 32.84094 (WGS84)
Elevation 2393
Relative position ABOUT 29.5 MILES N 80 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 017S 009W 09 W2 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 Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Montoya Limestone
    Rock description Montoya Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.7856, 32.84094
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ore Occurs Along The North Striking. Sunshine, Owens And Discovery Workings Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Bodies Formed As Irregular Replacements Of Limestone Adjacent To Faults.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1969

Mining district

District name Carpenter District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Westamerica Mining And Milling, Inc.
    Home office Box 447, Tulsa, Oklahoma
    First year 1969
  • Type Owner
    Owner Olsen, A. L. And Cox, Gussie Belle
    First year 1950

Production statistics

  • Year 1969
    Period 1916 To 1969
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 8.75% Zn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 9wt-pct
  • Year 1969
    Period 1916 To 1969
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 4.78% Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major ORE Lead Lead 5wt-pct
  • Year 1969
    Period 1916 To 1969
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 1.72 Oz Ag/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major ORE Silver Silver 49wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINE WAS IDLE FROM 1918 TO 1921, 1923 TO 1926, 1931 TO 1941, 1954 TO 1955 AND 1958 TO 1968.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1950 CONSISTED OF THREE ADITS WITH ABOUT 1500 FT. OF DEVELOPMENT, THREE LARGE OPEN CUTS AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW CUTS AND SHORT ADITS

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. 110-113

  • Deposit

    KINNEY, D.M., 1944 USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 18 PAGES

  • Deposit

    HILL, R.S., 1946 USBM RI-3904, 31 PAGES

  • Deposit

    SOULE, J.H., 1950 USBM RI-4748, 8 PAGES

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 77-79

  • Deposit

    ERICKSEN, G.E., WEDOW, H., JR., AND EATON, G.P., 1970 USGS BULL 1319-E, P. 80-81

  • 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 15 UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 867.

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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