Kingston District

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001672
MRDS ID W006775
Record type District
Current site name Kingston District
Alternate or previous names Black Range

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.7173, 32.93341 (WGS84)
Relative position EAST SLOPE OF THE BLACK RANGE; AREA IS APPROX. 9 MILES LONG AND 4 MILES WIDE.

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

Commodities

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

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION
  • (Local) OXIDATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.7173, 32.93341

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description LOW ARCHES, FAULT SCARP WITH APPROX. 500 FT DISPLACEMENT
Type of structure Regional
Structure description ORDO. LIMESTONE DIP-20 DEG EAST FLANK OF BLACK MTNS.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer A Party Of Prospectors
Year of first production 1883

Mining district

District name KINGSTON DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J.H. MOFFIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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