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Marion Mine 1920

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. 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 10011747
MRDS ID D006860
Record type Site
Current site name Marion Mine 1920
Alternate or previous names Victoria Mine 1909: Fidelity Group 1909: Patented Claims, Marion, Ida, Cora, Rebecca, Hillsborough
Related records 10224125

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.2367, 33.02789 (WGS84)
Elevation 1539
Relative position 7.5 MILES DUE SOUTH 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

Palomas Gap(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 015S 004W 03 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE EAST FLANK OF THE CABALLOS MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH OF PALOMAS GAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAYS REPORTED BY G.T. HARLEY, 1934, AND F.E. WILLIAMS, 1966.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Fluorite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE REPORTED TO ASSAY 3% TO 11% CU
Result MATERIAL ON DUMP REPORTED TO AVERAGE 1.4% CU
Result SAMPLES ASSAYED FOR FLUORITE AVERAGED 56% CAF2 AND 31% SIO2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Bliss Sandstone;El Paso Limestone
    Rock description Bliss Sandstone;El Paso Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.2367, 33.02789
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Many Small East-West Trending Faults Cut Across North-South Trending Caballos Mts.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip 80 NORTH
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone Provided Path And Fissures Host For Mineralized Solutions.

Comments on the geologic information

  • G.T. HARLEY, 1934, BELIEVED THE MINERAL SOURCE TO BE A DEEP SEATED INTRUSIVE OF TERTIARY AGE EXPOSED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CABALLOS MTS. JUST EAST OF THE MARION MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1909
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Seymour S. Thurmond Jr.
    First year 1947
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vernon Blye
    First year 1966

Comments on the production information

  • HARLEY REPORTED THAT PAST PRODUCTION VALUE AMOUNTED TO 100000 DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE, MAINLY COPPER, BUT SOME SILVER AND A TRACE OF GOLD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • MARION MINE REPORTED TO CONSIST OF AN 800 FT ADIT WITH A WINZE 120 FT DEEP AND DRIFTED FOR SHORT DISTANCES AT 100 FT AND 120 FT LEVELS. SURFACE WORKINGS AMOUNT TO A FEW SHALLOW PITS, OPEN CUS AND SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W.D. JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P.40

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.207

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC 8307, P.106

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEMOIR 34, P.42

  • Deposit

    5) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EAST-WEST TRENDING FAULT ZONE. NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE MINE THE VEINS ARE IN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE. MOST OF THE ORE IS FOUND IN BLISS SANDSTONE EAST OF THE MINE ENTRANCE. NEAR THE END OF THE MAIN ADIT THE VEINS PASS INTO EL PASO LIMESTONE AND CONSIST OF SMALL STRINGERS OF FLUORITE AND CALCITE. THE FAULT BECOMES LESS DISTINCT IN THE LIMESTONE. 5 PATENTED CLAIMS COVERING 103.3 ACRES.
Deposit FOR REGIONAL TRENDS, TECTONIC SETTING AND GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

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