Nannie Baird Mine

Past Producer in Otero county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, 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 10014007
MRDS ID D010605
Record type Site
Current site name Nannie Baird Mine
Alternate or previous names Nannie Beaird Group: Claims Patented In 1905, Nannie Beaird, An Aconda, Dove, Maggie, Sophia, Helen
Related records 10296353

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.10083, 32.40569 (WGS84)
Elevation 1356
Relative position ABOUT 35 MILES S14W OF ALAMOGORDO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Otero(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orogrande North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Otero

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 008E 10,11 E2 (10); W2 (11) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE OROGRANDE NORTH TOPOGRAPHIC QUAD RANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Gobbler Formation
    Rock description Gobbler Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.10083, 32.40569

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized In Favorable Host Rock Adjacent To Fractur Es.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1897
Year of last production 1932

Mining district

District name Orogrande District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jarilla Mining Co.
    First year 1932
  • Type Owner
    Owner Homan Arnold
    Home office El Paso, Tx.
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF; AN INACCESSIBLE, 800 FT., INCLINED SHAFT REP ORTED TO CONTAIN EXTENSIVE DRIFTS, STOPES, AND CROSSCUTS; SEVERAL SHAF TS RANGING FROM 90 TO 500 FT. DEEP; TWO TUNNELS FROM 400 TO 1000 FT. L ONG; AND MANY SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 1 84-186

  • Deposit

    SCHMIDT, P.G., AND CRADDOCK, C., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 82, P. 43-45, PLA TE 1

  • Deposit

    BEANE, R.E., JARAMILLO, L.E., AND BLOOM, M.S., 1975 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 26TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 151-156

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN, AND ADJACENT TO, A NORTHWEST STRIKING FRACTURE IN METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE AS IRREGULAR POCKETS, SHOOTS, AND STREAKS OF ORE. SIX PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1170 COVERING 122.16 7 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references