Beck Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, 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 10010039
MRDS ID D003396
Record type Site
Current site name Beck Mine
Alternate or previous names National Mine, Hattie Lee Mine: National Group, Claims, Inez, Marion, Yankee, Gertrude, Blue Mare, Gold Standard, Jessie, Halcyon, Montezuma, Chicago
Related records 10126440

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.04007, 32.26318 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position ABOUT 20.5 MILES S 74 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

Doubtful Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023S 021W 31 N2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE NATIONAL MINE SHOWN ON THE SAN SIMON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Bornite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.04007, 32.26318

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 50-60N
    Length 900M

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 first production 1885
Year of last production 1936

Mining district

District name Steins Pass District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Maud J. Fowles
    Home office Hacita, N.M.
    First year 1936
  • Type Owner
    Owner Beck Silver Mines, Inc.
    Home office P.O. Box 275, Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1936
    Period 1934-1936
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 84100g
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 649.4g

Comments on the production information

  • CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION BUT EXACT AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A 300 FT. SHAFT WITH MORE THAN 5000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. SMALL MILL.

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTANTLY WORKED FROM INCLINED SHAFT UNTIL 1936. UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR CYANIDE LEACHING IN 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P 329

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W. E., 1963, NMBMMR OPEN-FILE REPORT, 781 P.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 88

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1958 NMBMMR BULL 57, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS. VEIN AS MUCH AS 900 M. LONG, TRENDING WNW AND DIPPING 50-60N IN MIDDLE TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS. SOME OXIDIZED ORE IN UPPER LEVELS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-78 Richter, D.H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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