Shingle Canyon Mines

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087788
MRDS ID D009727
Record type Site
Current site name Shingle Canyon Mines
Alternate or previous names Barringer Mine, Maggie Mine, Shingle Canyon Mine: Maggie Group,, Bell and Fletcher Group, March No. 3 Group: Patented Claims, Maggie, Maggie No. 2, Jack Mcgee, San Pedro, Minerva, Copper Peak, Copper Peak Extension, Good Hope, Smuggler, Jackie, March No. 3, March No. 2, Annex
Related records 10198758

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.06089, 32.87178 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088
Relative position ABOUT 14 MILES N 62 E OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 012W 34,35 SE (34); SW (35) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE SHINGLE CANYON MINE AS SHOWN ON THE SANTA RITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Syrena Formation;Abo
    Rock description Syrena Formation;Abo

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.06089, 32.87178

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along The Northeast Striking Barringer Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rocks Adjacent To A Fault Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Fierro-Hanover District; Central District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Shingle Canyon Mining Corp.
    First year 1939
    Last year 1945
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.; U.V. Industries
    First year 1945
    Last year 1979

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1939-1945
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.003 Opt Au, 0.42 Opt Ag, 0.09% Cu, 2.43% Pb, 9.81% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 10wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Trace Ore Silver Silver 12g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1947 CONSISTED OF A 200 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, AN INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL SMALL SHAFTS AND AN ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 58-59

  • Deposit

    HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306

  • Deposit

    JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    HILLESLAND, L.L., ET.AL., 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: COBRE MINING CO., UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 22 P.

  • Production

    HILLESLAND, ET. AL. (1994) P. 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF LIMY MUDSTONE AND LIMESTONE-PEBBLE CONGLOMERATE IN PERMIAN ABO FORMATION IN FOOTWALL OF BARRINGER FAULT, NORTHEAST OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK. THIRTEEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1317, 2094, 2101 AND 2197 COVERING ABOUT 200 ACRES.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D011696 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 28-OCT-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references