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Chloride Flat Mines

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese, Iron, Lead, Copper, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Production statistics
  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 10009742
MRDS ID D002904
Record type Site
Current site name Chloride Flat Mines
Alternate or previous names Includes: Baltic, Bell, Providencia, Seventy-Six, Silver Cross, And Bremen Mines.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.30451, 32.78455 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHWEST 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

Silver City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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;018S 014W;014W 32,33;04,05 E2 (32); SW4 (33); W2 (04); E2 (05) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE 76 MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRIMARY ORE PROBABLY CONSISTED OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA AND MESITITE (FERROAN-MANGANOAN MAGNESITE).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Embolite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Silver Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.30451, 32.78455
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 75M
    Width 18M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1872
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1944

Mining district

District name Chloride Flat District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mc Ewen, W. E.
    Home office Silver City, N.M.
    First year 1937
  • Type Owner
    Owner Byron, B. H.
    Home office New York City, N.Y.
    First year 1937

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1916-1944
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 36wt-pct
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 15wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 44.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS. WORKINGS ON BREMEN AND SEVENTY-SIX MINES WERE REPORTED IN 1938 TO CONSIST OF THREE SHAFTS WITH AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF FIVE MILES OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, WINZES, AND STOPES.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED IN 1871 WITH MAJOR PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1873-1893 AND SOME PRODUCTION UNTIL 1937. MANGANIFEROUS IRON ORE MINED IN 1916 AND IN THE EARLY 1940'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 301-304

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 73-76

  • Deposit

    CUNNINGHAM, J.E., 1974 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-30

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L. L., 1961, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8030, P. 25-26.

  • Deposit

    ENTWISTLE, L. P., 1944, NMBMMR BULL. 19, P. 66.

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V. C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P. 134.

  • Deposit

    HERNON, R. M., COMPILER, 1949, WEST TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO SECTION, AIME GUIDEBOOK, FIELD TRIP 3, P. 36-37.

  • Deposit

    JONES, F. A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS: SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO PRINTING COMPANY, P. 53-54.

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S. G., AND WOOTTON, T. P., 1933. NMBMMR BULL. 7, P. 52.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUPERGENE ENRICHED REPLACEMENT BODIES 15-75 M. LONG AND 9-18 M. WIDE IN FUSSELMAN DOLOMITE ALONG A N-TRENDING FRACTURE ZONE 600 M. LONG. THE BREMEN AND SEVENTY-SIX CLAIMS WERE PATENTED IN 1884, MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 61 AND 62 COVERING 40.88 ACRES.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-77 Hasler, J. William New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-OCT-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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