| Deposit ID | 10014698 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011585 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mina Del Tiro |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Mina Del Tierra, Mina Del Tierro, Mina De Tiro, Patented Claim: Mina Del Tiro |
| Related records | 10223808 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.1214, 35.46006 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1841 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 19.2 MILES S37W OF SANTA FE, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Fe(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Picture Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Santa Fe |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 014N | 008E | 08 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Wulfenite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Espinosa Volcanics | ||||||||
| Rock description | Espinosa Volcanics | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Espinosa Volcanics |
| Rock description | Espinosa Volcanics |
| (1) | -106.1214, 35.46006 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults And Shear Zones |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults And Shear Zones; A Tabular Breccia Zone |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N45E |
| Dip | STEEPLY NW |
| Length | 396.24M |
| Width | 0.3M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1680 |
| Discoverer | Early Pueblo Indians And Spanish Colonists |
| Year of first production | 1680 |
| Year of last production | 1942 |
| District name | Cerrillos District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Occidental Minerals Corp. |
| Home office | 777 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood, Co. 80226 |
| First year | 1979 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 27.43M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011585 |
LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68,P.163- 167
DISBROW, A.E., AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 62-63
ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 31
JONES, F.A., 1904, "NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS," WORLD'S FAIR EDITION, (SANTA FE, NM)
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE MAIN ORE SHOOT EXPOSED UNDERGROUND, EXPOSED FOR A LENGTH OF 55 FEET, IS A LENS OF VUGGY WHITE QUARTZ CONTAINING THICK STREAKS AND DISEMINATIONS OF GALENA AND SPHALERITE. SOME OF THE SPHALERITE IS OLIVE GREEN. THE ORE LIES ON THE FOOTWALL OF A TABULAR BRECCIA ZONE COMPOSED OF ANGULAR UNROTATED FRAGMENTS OF WALL ROCK 1-6 INCHES ACROSS. LITTLE HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IS APPARENT. WULFENITE IS ABUNDANT AS SMALL SQA RE TABULAR YELLOWISH-GRAY CRYSTALS FORMING A COATING ON THE PRIMARY ORE IN CRACKS AND VUGS. A SECOND ORE STREAK, 8 INCHES WIDE COMPOSED OF QUARTZ AND GALENA, LIES A FEW FEET WITHIN THE HANGING WALL OF THE MAIN SHOOT. ON THE SURFACE THE VEIN IS INTERMITTENLY TRACEABLE FOR 1300 FEET. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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