Ivanhoe Mine 1880

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold
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 10011910
MRDS ID D007101
Record type Site
Current site name Ivanhoe Mine 1880
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1883, Ivanhoe
Related records 10296941

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.75144, 33.4226 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 36 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

Sawmill Peak(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

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 009W 22 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT 0.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE OLD TOWN OF GRAFTON WITHIN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.75144, 33.4226

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along A Major North-Striking Fault Zone Which Marks The Boundary Of The Black Range To The West And A Well-Defined Graben Vally To The East.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 23 E
    Dip 80 SE
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized As Fissure Fillings.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Black Range District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mcdaniel Investment Co.
    Home office Box 206 Monticello, N.M.
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ivanhoe Mining Co.
    Home office Los Angeles, Ca.
    First year 1956

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATE VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1880 TO 1932 WAS REPORTED TO AMOUNT TO 100000 DOLLARS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 115.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF A SHAFT 380 FT. DEEP WITH THREE LEVELS AND ABOUT 600 FT. OF DRIFTING AND TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-264

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 72-81

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., 1955 GEOLOGIC MAP OF SIERRA COUNTY REGION, N.M., NMGS SIXTH FIELD CONFERENCE.

  • Production

    G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 78

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A NORTHEAST-STRIKING VEIN RANGING FROM 4 FT. TO 8 FT. WIDE AND PARALLELED BY SEVERAL MINERALIZED VEINLETS. ONE NEARLY VERTICAL ORE SHOOT WAS REPORTED TO BE STOPED FOR MORE THAN 100 FT. IN LENGTH. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 165 COVERING 13.689 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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