Timber Peak Mine 1890's

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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 10012509
MRDS ID D008167
Record type Site
Current site name Timber Peak Mine 1890's
Alternate or previous names Open Cut Mine 1930's: Open Cut Group: Big Chief Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.14559, 33.98676 (WGS84)
Elevation 2614
Relative position ABOUT 15.5 MILES S 72 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Baldy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Mateo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 004S 003W 03 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON UNSURVEYED NATIONAL FOREST. SECTION LINE PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic Alteration

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.14559, 33.98676

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur At The Intersection Of The East-Trending South Canyon Fault And A North-Northwest-Trending Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: Water Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Roy Stendel
    First year 1941
  • Type Owner
    Owner Roy Stendel And Alister Mactavish
    Home office Magdalena, N.M.
    First year 1941

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 25.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • REPORTED BY OWNERS TO CONSIST OF NUMBEROUS SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, TUNNELS AND DRIFTS TOTALING ABOUT 2000 FT. OF WORKINGS IN 1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 126-127

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P.54

  • Deposit

    KREWEDL, D.A., 1974 NMBMMR OFR-44, 139 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    PETTY, D.M., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-106, P. 142-147

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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