Alabama Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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. 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 10013272
MRDS ID D009487
Record type Site
Current site name Alabama Mine
Alternate or previous names Alabama Group: Claims, Alabama, Alabama No. 2, Duluth, Gold Spike Nos. 1,2 and 3, Jim Crow No. 2, Homestake No. 2, Grand Central Tunnel Site
Related records 10150018

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.9862, 32.82844 (WGS84)
Elevation 1562
Relative position ABOUT 42 MILES N 85 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steeple Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 021W 14 W2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE STEEPLE ROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.9862, 32.82844

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

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 last production 1951

Mining district

District name Steeple Rock District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. H. Foster And L. H. Rogers
    Home office Duncan, Ariz.
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Torreroca Mining Co.
    Home office Duluth, Minn.
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1936, 1937, 1938, 1950, AND 1951.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MAIN WORKINGS WERE REPORTED IN 1915 TO CONSIST OF ABOUT 1200 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. THE MAIN SHAFT IS ABOUT 300 FT. DEEP AND INCLINED 80 DEGREES WEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-15

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 195

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, 29 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVEN CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1624 COVERING 139.493 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references