| Deposit ID | 10101434 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003294 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Granite Gap Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Vesley Mine, Montgomery Mine: Worlds Fair Group, Bob Montgomery Group, Patented Claims, Worlds Fair, Granite Gap, May, A. Bird, Silver Star, November, Animas, Bob Montgomery, A.M., Outlook |
| Related records | 10150306 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.9798, 32.0768 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1356 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 25 MILES S 41 W OF LORDSBURG. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hidalgo(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cotton City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Simon(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Hidalgo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 025S;026S | 021W;021W | 34,35;03 | SE (34); SW (35); N2 (03) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Escabrosa Group;Horquilla Limestone |
| Rock description | Escabrosa Group;Horquilla Limestone |
| (1) | -108.9798, 32.0768 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deposits Occur In Fractures And Breccia Zones Adjacent To Porphyry Dikes. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 50 TO 75 E |
| Dip | 56 NW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| Year of last production | 1950 |
| District name | San Simon District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. A. Custer |
| Home office | Lordsburg, N.M. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | F. J. Vesley And R. A. Custer |
| First year | 1950 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003294 |
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P 330-331
ELSTON, W.E., UNPUBLISHED DATA
DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1221
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1302 AND 2036 COVERING ABOUT 160 ACRES. IRREGULAR MASSES AND STRINGERS OF OXIDIZED ORE MINERALS IN HIGHLY FRACTURED PENNSYLVANIAN HORQUILLA LIMESTONE AND MISSISSIPPIAN ESCABROSA LIMESTONE NEAR DIKES OF GRANITE PORPHYRY. |
| Deposit | ABOUT $1.2 MILLION WORTH PRODUCED, $600,000 OF IT BEFORE 1906 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-78 | Richter,D. H. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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