| Deposit ID | 10008415 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D000577 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Stephenson-Bennett Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Stevenson-Bennett Mine: Empire Zinc Mine: Santo Domingo De La Calzada, Mine: Calzada Mine: San Augustin Mine |
| Related records | 10150474 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.60113, 32.40263 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ABOUT 12 MILES N 61 E OF LAS CRUCES. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dona Ana(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jornada Draw(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Dona Ana |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022S | 003E | 11,14 | SE (11); NE (14) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Hemimorphite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Organ Batholith | ||||||
| Rock description | Organ Batholith | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Fusselman Dolomite;Montoya Group |
| Rock description | Fusselman Dolomite;Montoya Group |
| (1) | -106.60113, 32.40263 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Torpedo-Bennett Fault Zone Strikes North-South. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | DUE NORTH |
| Dip | 70 WEST |
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Length | 182.88M |
| Width | 152.4M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1847 |
| Discoverer | Alexander Carrasco, Jose Perez And Ramon Duran |
| Year of first production | 1847 |
| Year of last production | 1934 |
| District name | Organ District: Organ Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Torpedo Mining Co. |
| Home office | Organ, N.M. |
| First year | 1940 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 3048M |
| Overall depth | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D000577 |
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-211
DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 220-228
ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, P. 35-36
SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-86
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE THREE MAJOR OREBODIES ARE THE STEPHENSON, THE BENNETT AND THE PAGE. THE BENNETT IS THE LARGEST AND HAS BEEN MINED DOWN DIP FOR ABOUT 600 FT., HAS A WIDTH OF 500 FT. ALONG STRIKE AND AVERAGES 10 FT. IN THICKNESS. THREE PATENTED CLAIMS AND ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-74 | King, Robert U. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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