Langston Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101824
MRDS ID D009778
Record type Site
Current site name Langston Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims Patented In 1896, Langston, Pinos Altos
Related records 10150424

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.86841, 32.84761 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES N 27 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

Walker Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 014W 12 CENTER OF N2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-865.

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.86841, 32.84761

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 05 TO 25 E
    Dip 65 NW

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 1865
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Pinos Altos District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. J. Holmquist
    Home office Vanadium, N.M.
    First year 1952
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pinos Altos Mining Co.
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M
    Overall depth 66.45M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1929 CONSISTED OF A 218 FT. INCLINED SHAFT, AN ADIT MORE THAN 250 FT. LONG, AN ADIT CAVED AT 123 FT. FROM THE PORTAL AND AT LEAST 1200 FT. OF DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 109-118

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JONES, W.R., MOORE, S.L., AND PRATT, W.P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN TRENDING N-N15E AND DIPPING 61 NW IN ANDESITE BRECCIA. VEIN HAD SOME VERY RICH POCKETS. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 957 COVERING 10.88 ACRES.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D011744 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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