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Texas Main Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite, Bismuth, Tellurium, Molybdenum
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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. 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 10009213
MRDS ID D001961
Record type Site
Current site name Texas Main Mine
Alternate or previous names Sunrise Mine, Sunrise Group, Texas Canyon Mine, Texas Canyon Group, Texas Mine
Related records 10223303

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.51612, 32.35069 (WGS84)
Elevation 1783
Relative position ABOUT 16 MILES N 82 E OF LAS CRUCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(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 Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 004E 34 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS LOCATED NEAR THE HEAD OF TEXAS CANYON ABOUT 1000 FEET EAST OF THE MILITARY RESERVATION BOUNDARY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Tetradymite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE FROM MAIN VEIN ASSAYED 0.194 OZ/ST AU
Result 13.87 OZ/ST AG
Result AND 1.57% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Organ Needle Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Organ Needle Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.51612, 32.35069
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Along A Shear Zone Striking N 76 E.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 76 E
    Dip 80 NW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 1219.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Organ District: Organ Mountains: Texas Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. C. Schneider
    First year 1939
  • Type Owner
    Owner F. C. Schneider And George Hohenberger
    First year 1940

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALBRITTON AND NELSON, 1943, INDICATED THAT 6000 TO 7000 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 2 % CU, 0.24 OZ AU/TON, AND 3 OZ AG/TON COULD BE EXPECTED FROM THE VEIN; 1890-1900 AU WAS PRODUCED; 1910-1917 NO MINING DUE TO LACK OF FINANCING; 1927-1935 PROSPECTING CONTINUED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1943 CONSISTED OF FOUR TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1962, BISMUTH OF U.S.: USGS MR - 22

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-213

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 203-205

  • Deposit

    ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, P. 17-19

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 76, P. 57

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS. TWO VEINS, MAIN AND CROSS; MAIN VEIN STRIKES N76E, 80 NW; CROSS STRIKES N55E FOLLOWS A RHYOLITE DIKE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-75 Miller, M. H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAY-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-NOV-92 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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