Norman King Mine

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. 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 10013280
MRDS ID D009496
Record type Site
Current site name Norman King Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim, Norman
Related records 10150057

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.98453, 32.88594 (WGS84)
Elevation 1631
Relative position ABOUT 42.5 MILES N 80 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

Crookson Peak(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)

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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 021W 26 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT 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 > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along The Northwest Striking East Camp Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 35 TO 40 W
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Steeple Rock District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tom Carolyn
    Home office Duncan, Az.
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. J. A. Landry
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1921, 1923, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1935-1942.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 500 FT. SHAFT AND AT LEAST 400 FT. OF DRIFT ON THE 85 FT. LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 193-194

  • 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 ONE CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 515 COVERING 16.29 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