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Cleveland Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
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  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10087798
MRDS ID D009776
Record type Site
Current site name Cleveland Mine
Alternate or previous names Cleveland Adit, Pershing Adit: Claim Patented In 1892, Cleveland, Claims of the Cleveland Group Patented In 1910, Isabella Grant, Cleveland Extension North, Copper Extension East, Forrest Queen, Copper Extension, Includes Atlas No. 1 and Atlas No. 2
Related records 10150425

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.25173, 32.86622 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES N 12 E OF SILVER CITY; 2 MILES WEST OF PINOS ALTOS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S;017S 014W;014W 35,36;01,02 SE (35); SW (36); NW (01); NE (02) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE PORTAL OF THE CLEVELAND ADIT IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION ONE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marmatite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oswaldo Formation;Lake Valley Limestone;Magdalena Group
    Rock description Oswaldo Formation;Lake Valley Limestone;Magdalena Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.25173, 32.86622
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, TABULAR
    Thickness 4M
    Length 60M
    Width 15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized In Favorable Host Rocks At Faults And Near Porphyry.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Pinos Altos District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. B. White
    Home office Silver City, N.M.
    First year 1949
  • Type Owner
    Owner Empire Zinc Co. ; G.H. Utter
    Home office New York, N.Y.
    First year 1889
    Last year 1949

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 1915-1947, 121,000 METRIC TONS OF SULFIDE ORE WAS PRODUCED THAT CONTAINED 9-15% ZN, 1-2% PB, 0.2-1% CU, AND 68-137 G/T AG. MOST PRODUCTION FROM 1915 TO 1919. TAILINGS FROM CLEVELAND MILL RETREATED 1940 TO 1941 AT PERU MINING CO. MILL, DEMING, NM. IN 1905 SOME 200 TO 300 ST ORE MINED FROM SURFACE WORKINGS SENT TO SILVER CITY SMELTER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1828.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AT LEAST 6000 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND STOPES WITH ACCESS BY TWO ADITS AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, ALSO PITS AND TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • PRIOR TO 1913 SHALLOW OXIDE OR WAS MINED. FROM 1915-1947 SULFIDE ORE WAS MINED. ; ECON.COM: MAGNETIC SEPARATION MILL OPERATED 1915-1919 BY EMPIRE ZINC CO. ; MILL.CAP : 125 ST/DAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 300-301

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, S., 1916 USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF U.S., FOLIO 199

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1933 NMBMMR BULL 7, P. 58-59

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 70-71

  • Deposit

    CUNNINGHAM, J.E., 1974 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-30

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    SOULE, J.H., 1948 USBM RI-4237, 5 PAGES

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 122-125

  • Deposit

    HERNON, R.M., COMPILER, 1949, WEST TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO SECTION, AIME GUIDEBOOK, FIELD TRIP 3, P. 39-40.

  • Deposit

    DMEA 1549.

  • Production

    SOULE, J.H., 1948, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4237, P. 5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 831 AND 1353 COVERING 119.485 ACRES. IN A ZONE OF COMPLEX NNE-NE FAULTING. PROPERTY IN 1922 LARGER, WITH 18 PATENTED CLAIMS COVERING 363 ACRES.
Deposit RECORD # D011695 BY CLINT E. SEANOR HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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 01-FEB-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 24-OCT-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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