Mary Richmond Mine 1880's

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. 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 10107962
MRDS ID D006807
Record type Site
Current site name Mary Richmond Mine 1880's
Alternate or previous names Mamie Richmond Mine, Richmond Mine, Mary Richmond Group, Mary C. Group: Two Claims Patented In 1904,, Mary Richmond, Mary C.
Related records 10296656

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.55171, 32.95789 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position ABOUT 23 MILES S 54 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015S 007W 34 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN SHAFT JUST EAST OF EMPIRE PEAK.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propyltized Andesite

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.55171, 32.95789

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 40 TO 47 E
    Dip 75 TO 85 NW
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized In Fractures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Hillsboro District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Davey, William J.N.
    Home office Hillsboro, N.M.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry Opgenorth
    Home office Hillsboro, N.M.
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1880 TO 1931 AMOUNTS TO 600000 DOLLARS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1645.92M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF AN 860 FT. ADIT, A 460 FT. ADIT, A 300 FT. ADIT AND A 500 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH FIVE LEVELS AND ABOUT 3800 FT. OF DRIFTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 272-276

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 145-148

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL DATA FILE

  • Production

    G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 148

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A NORTHEAST STRIKING VEIN WHICH CROPSOUT ON THE SURFACE FOR ABOUT 1000 FT. AND RANGES FROM 3 FT. TO 8 FT. IN WIDTH. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1120 COVERING 34.527 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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