Nellie Bly Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, 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. Alteration
  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 10010029
MRDS ID D003379
Record type Site
Current site name Nellie Bly Mine
Alternate or previous names Nellie Bly Group: Claims Patented In 1914, Nellie Bly, Brother Gardner, Baltimore, Independence, Billy A
Related records 10222894

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.76063, 32.25069 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Relative position ABOUT 7.5 MILES S 25 W OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gary(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 024S 019W 01,02 NW4 (01); NE4 (02) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1151.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.76063, 32.25069

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike NORTHEAST
    Dip NORTHWEST

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
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Lordsburg District: Pyramid Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joe Landrum, W.F. Rowlee And L.L. Osmer
    Home office Silver City, N.M.
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Susquehanna Mining Co.
    Home office Sharon Hill, Pa.
    First year 1960

Production statistics

  • Year 1910
    Period 1909-1910
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 5wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1908 CONSISTED OF A 400 FT. SHAFT WITH SIX LEVELS CONTAINING 1800 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1505 COVERING 89.623 ACRES.
Deposit 1880-1905 PRODUCED $20,000 WORTH OF CU, AU, & AG, WITH 1 OZ AG : 1 % CU. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Richter, D. H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.