U.S. Treasury Mine 1880's

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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 10107966
MRDS ID D006834
Record type Site
Current site name U.S. Treasury Mine 1880's
Alternate or previous names Principal Claims, U.S. Treasury, White Eagle
Related records 10175144

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.71477, 33.32704 (WGS84)
Elevation 2152
Relative position ABOUT 30 MILES N64W 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

Winston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(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)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 011S 009W 25 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN ENTRANCE. MINE IS LOCATED ON THE EAST FLANK OF THE BLACK RANGE IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bromyrite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Andesite

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.71477, 33.32704

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest Trending Vein Offset By North Trending Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N50W
    Dip 65 SW
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized In Fissures And Fractures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Discoverer Tom Dorsey
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Black Range District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Treasury Mines Co., Edward James
    First year 1948
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Treasury Mines Co.
    Home office Chloride, N.M.
    First year 1948

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATE VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1880 TO 1932 WAS REPORTED TO BE 20000 DOLLARS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF TWO INCLINED SHAFTS ABOUT 200 FT. AND 400 FT. DEEP, FOUR DRIFT LEVELS ABOUT 100 FT. APART AND A FEW PITS. THE 100 FT. AND 200 FT. LEVEL DRIFTS TOTAL ABOUT 600 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.260-266

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.72-85

  • Deposit

    MAXWELL, C.H. AND HEYL, A.V., 1980 GLOBAL TECTONICS AND METALLOGENY, VOL 1, NO 2, P. 129-133

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 78

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS STRINGERS AND SHOOTS OF ORE IN A NORTHWEST TRENDING FISSURE VEIN WHICH RANGES FROM 4 FT. TO 6 FT. WIDE. IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE MAIN SHAFT THE VEIN WIDENS TO ABOUT 20 FT. AND SULFIDE MINERALIZATION BEGINS TO REPLACE OXIDES. 2 CLAIMS, MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1098, COVERING 37.774 ACRES.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

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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