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Confidence Mine 1890's

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10011720
MRDS ID D006824
Record type Site
Current site name Confidence Mine 1890's
Alternate or previous names Confidence Group
Related records 10224164

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.60421, 33.33704 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position ABOUT 25 MILES N 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

Chise(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(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 011S 007W 19 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • MINE ENTRANCE IS LOCATED ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE CUCHILLO MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism Similar To Iron Mountain Deposits.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Magdalena Group
    Rock description Magdalena Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.60421, 33.33704
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization At Limestone-Porphyry Contact And Near North Trending Dike.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Deposition By Replacement Of Favorable Host Rock.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CUCHILLO DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Sierra Cuchillo District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 120.4M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF ONE 250 FT. LONG TUNNEL WITH 65 FT. OF CROSS CUTS AND A SHORT WINZE, ANOTHER TUNNEL 80 FT. IN LENGTH, AND A 50 FT. DEEP SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, N.M. PRINTING CO., P. 101

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 123, P. 114

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

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

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