Vindicator-West Contact Group 1890's

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. 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 10011727
MRDS ID D006833
Record type Site
Current site name Vindicator-West Contact Group 1890's
Alternate or previous names Vindicator Mine
Related records 10175649

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.60282, 33.36204 (WGS84)
Elevation 2240
Relative position ABOUT 26 MILES N52W 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 7,18 W2 (07); N2 (18) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MINE ENTRANCE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Garnetized Limestone

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Magdalena Group
    Rock description Magdalena Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.60282, 33.36204

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone-Porphyry Contact Trends North To Northwest And Dips About 25 East.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Filled Fractures And Replaced Favorable Host Rocks.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CUCHILLO DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Sierra Cuchillo District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mcdaniel Investment Co.
    Home office Box 206 Monticello, N.M.
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner George Koepke
    Home office Winston, N.M.
    First year 1957

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1957 CONSISTED OF ONE INCLINED SHAFT 330 FT. IN LENGTH AND A FEW SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 118-119

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN FRACTURES AND AS SHOOTS AND PODS LOCATED MAINLY IN THE TOP OF SMALL FOLDS IN LIMESTONE ALONG THE CONTACT WITH UNDERLYING MONZONITE. REPORTED 33 CLAIMS LOCATED OVER A DISTANCE OF 7000 FT ALONG THE MINERALIZED CONTACT ZONE.
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

Beyond USGS

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