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Grey Eagle Mine 1880's

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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  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 10111289
MRDS ID D006855
Record type Site
Current site name Grey Eagle Mine 1880's
Alternate or previous names Grey Eagle Group 1940's: Patented Claims, Forest King, Forest Queen, Ensign, Carry On, Marne, Snowdrift: Forest King and Queen Patented In 1891, Ensign In 1894, Carry On,, Marne and Snowdrift In 1922: Also Known As Forest King Group,, Percha Group Or Percha Mining Co. Property 1943.
Related records 10272750

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.74449, 32.89455 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Relative position ABOUT 35 MILES S60W 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

Kingston(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)

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 016S 009W 23 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN ENTRANCE IN THE CANYON OF SOUTH PERCHA CREEK ABOUT 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON AND EAST OF EMORY PASS.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM R.S. HILL, 1946 P7, P28

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Dolomite Is Extensive Adjacent O The Ore Bodies.

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE REPORTED TO AVERAGE 0.03 OZ AU/TON
Result 14 OZ AG/TON
Result 5% CU
Result 16% PB
Result 22% ZN: DRILL HOLE ANALYSES AVERAGED 0.015 OZ AU/TON
Result 5.33 OZ AG/TON
Result 0.57% CU
Result 5.8% PB
Result 9.2% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name El Paso Formation
    Rock description El Paso Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.74449, 32.89455
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Strikes N 30 To 35 W

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rising From A Shallow Igneous Mass Were Channeled Along Faults And Localized In Fractures And Bedding Planes By Host Rock Replacement.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND GENERAL TECTONICS SEE KINGSTON 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 1959

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lane Engineering And Research
    Home office P.O. Box 628, Deming, N.M.
    First year 1959
  • Type Owner
    Owner Page Load And Cattle Co. Of Arizona
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • AN ESTIMATED 2855 TONS OF SILVER BEARING ORE WAS MINED BETWEEN 1919 AND 1945.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1940'S CONSISTED OF 4 ADITS, AN INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL STOPES, RAISES AND WINZES. LATERAL WORKINGS TOTAL ABOUT 1500 FT AND VERTICAL WORKINGS ABOUT 150 FT

Comments on development

  • USBM DRILLED FIVE EXPLORATION HOLES DURING THE EARLY 1940'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T. 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.103

  • Deposit

    HILL, R.S., 1946 USBM RI 3904, 31 PAGES

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    HILL, R.S., 1946 P.5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN VEINS OR SHOOTS ALONG FAULT ZONES, OR IN POCKETS AS BEDDED REPLACEMENTS IN DOLOMITE NEAR FAULTS. OTHER DEPOSITS OCCUR AT INTERSECTIONS OF FAULTS AND FISSURES WITH DIKES. 6 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NOS. 727, 728, 729, 1858, 1859 AND 1861 COVERING A TOTAL OF 79.403 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

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