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Peerless Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, 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. Production statistics
  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 10013437
MRDS ID D009724
Record type Site
Current site name Peerless Mine
Alternate or previous names Peerless Group: Claims, Peerless No. 1, Peerless No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.14589, 32.78039 (WGS84)
Elevation 1836
Relative position ABOUT 7.5 MILES DUE EAST 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

Fort Bayard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 013W 36 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-865.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.14589, 32.78039
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description St. Helena Vein System

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 70 TO 80 SE

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
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Central District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Mexico Ore Processing Co.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. B. Monroe, Silver City, N. M., And F. L. Martin, Socorro, N. M.
    First year 1952

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1937 To 1945
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7.70% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 8wt-pct
  • Year 1945
    Period 1937 To 1945
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^12.54% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 13wt-pct
  • Year 1945
    Period 1937 To 1945
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2.49 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 70g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • OPENED IN LATE 1800'S BUT MOST OF PRODUCTION WAS DURING 1936-1940, 1942, 1945, AND 1952.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 579.12M
    Overall depth 99.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1947 CONSISTED OF A 325 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH FIVE WORKING LEVELS CONTAINING ABOUT 1900 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S. G., 1936 USGS BULL 870, P. 137

  • Deposit

    SOULE, J. H., 1947 USBM RI-4044, 8 P.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 61-62

  • Deposit

    JONES, W. R., MOORE, S. L., AND PRATT, W. P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    SOULE, J.H., 1947, 8 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ALONG NORTH END OF ST. HELENA VEIN SYSTEM IN CRETACEOUS QUARTZ DIORITE SILL. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1999.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D011727 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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