Jim Crow-Imperial Group

Producer in Grant 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 10107982
MRDS ID D009491
Record type Site
Current site name Jim Crow-Imperial Group
Alternate or previous names Jim Crow Mine, Imperial Mine, Gold King Mine: Jim Crow Imperial Consolidated Quartz Mine Group,, Claims Patented In 1899, Jim Crow, Imperial, Gold King, Contention, Tunnel, Gold Bug, Red Prince, Three Brothers
Related records 10296274

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.98092, 32.819 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Relative position ABOUT 41.5 MILES N 86 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steeple Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 021W 14,23 S2 (14); N2 (23) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT OF THE JIM CROW MINE AS SHOWN ON THE STEEPLE ROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Forms Prominent Ledges.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.98092, 32.819

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Are Centered Around The Intersection Of The Northwest Striking Steeple Rock Fault And The North-South Trending Laura Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike JIM CROW VEIN N 45 TO 60 W; IMPERIAL VEIN N 15 TO 20 W
    Dip 70 TO 75 SW; 60 SW
    Thickness 7.62M
  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike JIM CROW VEIN N 45 TO 60 W; IMPERIAL VEIN N 15 TO 20 W
    Dip 70 TO 75 SW; 60 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1969

Mining district

District name Steeple Rock District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Queenstake Oakcreek Mining
    Home office P.O.Box 162, Duncan, Az. 85534
    First year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Grant County Mining Co., Gordon Utter
    Home office 32019 East Interstate 10, Redlands, Ca. 92373
    First year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1912, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1932, 1938, 1940, 1941, AND 1969.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 685.8M
    Overall depth 93.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1930'S CONSISTED OF FIVE SHAFTS RANGING FROM 136 FT. TO 307 FT. DEEP AND ABOUT 2250 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 327-328

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 195-196

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, 29 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS PODS, VEINS AND VEINLETS IN A BRECCIA ZONE RANGING FROM 3 FT. TO 25 FT. IN WIDTH. EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1012 COVERING 123.132 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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