Vindicator Mine

Past Producer in Socorro 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10101725
MRDS ID D007916
Record type Site
Current site name Vindicator Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims Patented In 1935, Vindicator Nos. 1 To 8
Related records 10297180

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.20588, 34.11398 (WGS84)
Elevation 2126
Relative position ABOUT 19 MILES N 78 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Salado(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 002S 004W 24,25 SE (24); NE (25) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN VINDICATOR SHAFT.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Barite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Anchor Canyon Stock
    Rock description Anchor Canyon Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madera Limestone
    Rock description Madera Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.20588, 34.11398

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Vindicator Fault Strikes N 10 To 15 W.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Replaced Favorable Host Rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1929

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: Magdalena District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carl Grubnau
    First year 1929
  • Type Owner
    Owner Grubnau Chemical Co.
    Home office Waldo, N.M.
    First year 1929

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1929 TWO CARLOADS OF ORE CONTAINING 76 TONS WERE SHIPPED TO THE EL PASO SMELTER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1929 CONSISTED OF 4 WORKING LEVELS WITH ABOUT 500 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P 241-258

  • Deposit

    LOUGHLIN, G.F., AND KOSCHMANN, A.H., 1942 USGS PP 200, 168 PAGES

  • Deposit

    BLAKESTAD, R.B., JR., 1978 NMBMMR OFR-43, 127 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    LOUGHLIN, G.F., AND KOSCHMANN, A.H., 1942 USGS PP 200, P. 161

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8 CLAIMS COVERING 118.9 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 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