Homestake-Tripp Mine

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011703
MRDS ID D006802
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake-Tripp Mine
Related records 10272929

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.53588, 32.9815 (WGS84)
Elevation 1783
Relative position ABOUT 20 MILES S 59 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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 26 NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

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) -107.53588, 32.9815

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Is Part Of A Radial System Of Veins Associated With Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized In Fissures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hillsboro District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner El Oro Mines Co.
    First year 1930

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1877 TO 1931 AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 50000 DOLLARS.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF SHAFTS, TUNNELS AND MANY OPENCUTS BUT WERE CONSIDERED TO BE TOO UNSAFE TO ENTER ABANDONED UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 125-141, P. 166

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 141

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS REPORTED TO RANGE FROM 2 FT. TO 8 FT. IN WIDTH AND TO BE EXPOSED ON THE SURFACE FOR ABOUT 800 FT. IN LENGTH.
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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