Morning Glory Mine 1880's

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011608
MRDS ID D006639
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Glory Mine 1880's
Related records 10272761

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.53449, 32.94817 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 21 MILES S 53 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 016S 007W 02 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIDGE SEPARATING WICKS GULCH FROM READY PAY GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold 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) -107.53449, 32.94817

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.

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
Year of last production 1938

Mining district

District name Hillsboro District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. B. Paxton
    Home office Hillsboro, N.M.
    First year 1938

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 25.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1933 CONSISTED OF AN 85 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND A 1200 FT. TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 125-141, P. 158

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

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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