Volcano Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, 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 10101442
MRDS ID D003394
Record type Site
Current site name Volcano Mine
Alternate or previous names Volcano Group, Patented Claims, Volcano, Kimball No. 27: Unpatented Claims, Kimball No. 3, Homestead, Grey Fox, Hornet, Maud, Mineral Peak
Related records 10223093

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.01924, 32.30456 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position ABOUT 18.5 MILES S 81 W OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Doubtful Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023S 021W 17 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE SAN SIMON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Prominent Silicification.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.01924, 32.30456

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along A Northwest-Striking Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 25 TO 35 W
    Dip 60 TO 75 NE
    Thickness 15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Steins Pass District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dolan Campbell, Inc.
    Home office 302 High Street, Duncan, Az. 85534
    First year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bonnie Stoltz
    Home office 7201 Monaco, Commerce City, Co. 80022
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • LARGEST PRODUCER IN STEINS PASS DISTRICT, WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PRODUCED BEFORE 1905. GRADE OF ORE IN 1942-1943 WAS 514.5 G/T AG AND 1.4 G/T AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1960 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHAFTS WITH ABOUT 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS, TUNNELS, STOPES AND CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • MINE BEING REHABILITATED IN 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN,W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P 329

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1965 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 16TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 210-214

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1885 AND AT LEAST SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS. VOLCANO VEIN (N35W,60-75E), IS AS MUCH AS 15 M. WIDE WITH RHYOLITE TUFF FOOTWALL AND ANDESITE HANGING WALL. VEIN IS INTENSELY SILICIFIED AND BRECCIATED. UNOXIDIZED ORE BELOW 30 M. CONTAINED PYRITE AND ARGENTITE (?).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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

Beyond USGS

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

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