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85 Mine 1880's

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  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 10011594
MRDS ID D006622
Record type Site
Current site name 85 Mine 1880's
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1892, 85

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.54699, 32.95594 (WGS84)
Elevation 1783
Relative position ABOUT 21 MILES S 55 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015S 007W 34 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE SNAKE VEIN NORTHEAST OF THE RATTLESNAKE GROUP OF CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitized Andesite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.54699, 32.95594
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Is Part Of A Radial System Of Veins Associated With The Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized As Fissure-Fillings.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Hillsboro District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Copper King Mining, Smelting And Refining Co. Of N.M.
    First year 1890

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1880 TO 1931 WAS REPORTED TO AMOUNT TO 5000 DOLLARS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF AN 80 FT. SHAFT AND A 400 FT. SHAFT WHICH WERE CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 125-141, P. 155

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 141

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SHOOTS AND PODS IN A VEIN ALONG A FAULT-FRACTURE ZONE 4 FT. TO 40 FT WIDE. 1 PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 735 COVERING 20.66 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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