Lilliput Group 1910's

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead
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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011606
MRDS ID D006636
Record type Site
Current site name Lilliput Group 1910's
Alternate or previous names Katherine Vein: Claims Patented In 1919, Lilliput, Catherine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.55032, 32.94705 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 22.5 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 007W 03 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE RATTLESNAKE MINE ON A VEIN CONSIDERED TO BE A SPLIT FROM THE MAIN RATTLESNAKE VEIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

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) -107.55032, 32.94705

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
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Hillsboro District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Empire Mines And Metals Co.
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1935
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. P. Mclaughlin, Et Al.
    First year 1919

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF A 200 FT. SHAFT WITH A MODERATE AMOUNT OF UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 154-155

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1621 COVERING 41.258 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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