| Deposit ID | 10013938 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010508 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Cave Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Cave Mine: Claims Patented In 1892, Pocohonta, Silver Cave |
| Related records | 10296356 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.60253, 32.05486 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1585 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 17.5 MILES S 32 E OF DEMING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Luna(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gym Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Deming(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Luna |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 026S;026S | 007W;008W | 07;12 | SW (07); SE (12) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Fusselman Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Fusselman Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -107.60253, 32.05486 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| Year of first production | 1881 |
| Year of last production | 1885 |
| District name | Florida Mountains District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | G. L. Carroll |
| First year | 1892 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | L. R. Oldham, H. M. Raithel, And C. R. Scott |
| First year | 1961 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010508 |
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 122-123, FIG. 14
JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PR INTING CO. P.181
DARTON, N.H., 1917 USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS, DEMING FOLIO, NO. 207
DARTON, N.H., 1916 USGS BULL 618
CLEMONS, R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-58
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT OCCUR AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT PODS ALONG A FRACTURE ZONE . TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 632 AND 644 COVERING 26.8 38 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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