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Mountain Chief Mine

Occurrence in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10012965
MRDS ID D009004
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Chief Mine
Related records 10126426

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.5064, 32.49902 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 21 MILES N 51 E OF LAS CRUCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021S 004E 11 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE PROSPECT AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN DOLOMITE AND SHALE AS SHOWN ON SHEET 1 OF NMBMMR MEM 36.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.5064, 32.49902
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Occurs Along The Westerly Trending Bear Peak Fold And Thrust Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced Dolomite Overlain By Impermeable Shale.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Mountain District: Southern San Andres Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. E. Moore
    Home office Organ, N.M.
    First year 1930
  • Type Owner
    Owner White Sands Missile Range

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 60 FT. SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 263

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83, SHEET 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SMALL HIGH GRADE BODY OF ORE WAS EXTRACTED FROM NEAR THE SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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