Miners Dream Mine

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087431
MRDS ID D006862
Record type Site
Current site name Miners Dream Mine
Related records 10224343

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.7256, 32.93344 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 32 MILES S 65 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 009W 12 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE CLAIM IS LOCATED ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSTON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Dolomite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.7256, 32.93344

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Iron King Fault Strikes N5w And Many Smaller Fractures Trend N70e.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Rising Solutions Were Channeled Along Faults And Localized Below Impermeable Shale.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1950
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Earl Richardson
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Cahan, Gertrude
    First year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • MANGANESE PRODUCTION REPORTED AS 129 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1957 AND 387 LONG TONS OF HAND SORTED ORE AVERAGING 40% MN SHIPPED IN 1958.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961. AN OPENCUT 200 FT IN LENGTH BY 10 FT TO 75 FT WIDE, NUMEROUS ADITS, SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC 8030, P.99

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

  • Production

    L.L. FARNHAM, 1961 P.99

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900'S
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS FRACTURE FILLINGS AND IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NO. 1461 COVERING 17.032 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 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