Great Republic Mine

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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 10107968
MRDS ID D006854
Record type Site
Current site name Great Republic Mine
Alternate or previous names Great Republic Group: Julia, Keepsake, Triangle, Great Republic
Related records 10198947

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.74589, 33.47566 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Relative position 35 MILES N50W 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

Iron Mountain(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 010S 009W 02 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE MINE IS LOCATED ABOUT 0.25 MILES SOUTH OF CATRON COUNTY LINE AND 1.5 MILES WEST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SOCORRO COUNTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Stephanite Ore
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) -107.74589, 33.47566

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Rich Ore Reported At Intersections Of Ne And Nw Trending Fault Fissures.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Channeled Along Faults And Deposited As Fissure Fillings.

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
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Black Range (Chloride) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tom Gibson
    First year 1941
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cole, Charles B.
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTANT PRODUCTION FROM 1906 TO 1941 PRODUCED 3450 TONS OF CRUDE ORE AND CONCENTRATES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS WERE REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A 400 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, A 280 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, DRIFTS TOTALING MORE THAN 500 FT, CROSSCUTS, WINZES, TUNNELS, SMALL PITS AND SHALLOW OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P.263, P.266

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.79

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEINS ARE BANDED, FILLED FISSURES. THE MAIN VEIN TRENDS NORTHWEST AND AVERAGES 5 FT IN WIDTH. A SECONDARY SYSTEM OF PARALLEL FISSURES TREND NORTHEAST. OXIDIZED ORES WERE REPORTED TO A DEPTH OF 100 FT AND THE HANGING WALL FRACTURE REPORTED TO CONTAIN MOSTLY SILVER WHILE THE FOOTWALL FRACTURE WAS RICHER IN GOLD. 4 PATENTED CLAIMS COVERING 42.06 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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External references