Republic and Wisconsin Claims 1880'sS

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. 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 10011613
MRDS ID D006645
Record type Site
Current site name Republic and Wisconsin Claims 1880'sS
Alternate or previous names Claims Patented In 1892, Republic, Wisconsin
Related records 10224161

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.51866, 32.97928 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 20 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 25 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE NORTH FLANK OF ANIMAS PEAK IN DUTCH GULCH JUST SOUTH OF THE ROAD LEADING TO THE EL ORO MINES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -107.51866, 32.97928

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Is Associated With The Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 78 E
    Dip 65 NW
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized In Fractures.

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 1929

Mining district

District name Hillsboro District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. N. Clum
    First year 1929

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF A 90 FT. SHAFT ON THE WISCONSIN CLAIM AND A 100 FT. TUNNEL ON THE REPUBLIC CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 160

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A NORTHEAST TRENDING VEIN RANGING FROM 3 FT. TO 4 FT. WIDE WITH HIGH GRADE STRINGERS AND SEAMS OF ORE UP TO 18 IN. WIDE. 2 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 805 AND 808 COVERING 40.31 ACRES.
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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