Graphic Mine

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014013
MRDS ID D010616
Record type Site
Current site name Graphic Mine
Alternate or previous names Hadley Mine: Graphic Group, Keystone Group, Native Silver Group: C Laim Patented In 1892, Graphic: Claims Patented In 1914, Keystone, Daylight, Coliseum, Native Silver, Hub, Rock Island Millsite : Unpatented Claims, Rock Island
Related records 10126530

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.68366, 32.52845 (WGS84)
Elevation 1638
Relative position ABOUT 18.5 MILES N13E OF DEMING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

OK Canyon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020S 008W 32 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT ON THE GRAPHIC CLAIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Macho Andesite
    Rock description Macho Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.68366, 32.52845

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N37E
    Dip 70 TO 80SE
    Thickness 1.52M

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 1881
Discoverer A.P. Taylor, J.P. Wheeler, And G.L. Shakespeare
Year of first production 1881
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Cooks Peak District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. I. Grover
    Home office Deming, N.M.
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner L. B. Hyatt
    Home office Deming, N.M.
    First year 1942

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1924 To 1942
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 16.25% Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 16wt-pct
  • Year 1942
    Period 1924 To 1942
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 21.39 Oz Ag/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 604g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PERIODS WERE FROM 1881 TO 1900, 1924 TO 1925, AND 1941 TO 1942.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 685.8M
    Overall depth 198.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE MAIN SHAFT WITH SIX LEVELS CONTAINING A T OTAL OF 2250 FT. OF DRIFTS AND STOPES. THE MAIN SHAFT WAS REPORTED TO BE INACCESSIBLE. SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS ARE LOCATED ON ADJACENT CLAIMS .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 87-289

  • Deposit

    JICHA, H.L., JR., 1954 NMBMMR BULL 37, P. 66-68, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    ACCURATE PRODUCTION FROM NMBMMR BULL 37, P.66, TABLE 7. ESTIMATED P RODUCTION FROM USGS PP 68, P. 287.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 821, 1050, AND 1051 COVERING 88.968 ACRES AND ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 8 20.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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