Pewabic Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10013438
MRDS ID D009725
Record type Site
Current site name Pewabic Mine
Alternate or previous names Pewabic Group: Claims Patented In 1917, Pewabic, Result, Walpool, Eclipse
Related records 10223217

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.07394, 32.81872 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position ABOUT 12 MILES N 75 E 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

Santa Rita Mine(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 012W 22 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT AS SHOWN ON THE SANTA RITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lake Valley Limestone;Oswaldo Formation
    Rock description Lake Valley Limestone;Oswaldo Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.07394, 32.81872

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, POD
    Thickness 121.92M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 228.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized In Favorable Most Rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1917
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Fierro-Hanover District; Central District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hanover Copper Co. ; Peru Mining Co. ; Callahan Zinc-Lead Co. ;
    First year 1909
    Last year 1927
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hanover Copper Co. ; Peru Mining Co.; U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.
    First year 1909
    Last year 1927

Comments on the production information

  • (1) PRODUCTION YEARS NOT GIVEN. PROBABLY TOTAL PRODUCTION SINCE 1928. FROM 1916-1919 HANOVER COPPER CO. SHIPPED 20 TO 30% ZN ORE, MOSTLY CARBONATE. REOPENED 1928 BY PERU MINING CO. AND OPERATED AT LEAST PART OF EVERY YEAR UP TO DECEMBER 23, 1952. PRODUCED AGAIN 1960-1961. FROM 10/15/1938 TO 1/1/1940 0PERATED UNDER LEASE BY CALLAHON ZINC-LEAD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A MAIN SHAFT ABOUT 600 FT. DEEP AND EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT ON FIVE DIFFERENT LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE MILLED AT PERU MINING CO. NO. 1 MILL, WEMPLE (DEMING) NM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, S., 1916 USGS ATLAS, FOLIO 199

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, A. C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 66-69

  • Deposit

    SCHMITT, H. A., 1939 GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL, VOL 50, NO 5, P. 777-818

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E. C., 1954 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 55-57

  • Deposit

    HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306

  • Deposit

    JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, A. J., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 154-158

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P. 117-118.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL. 39, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., AND KELLEY, F.J., 1963, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8190, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., AND HOAGLAND, A.D., 1948, SYMPOSIUM ON GEOLOGY, PARAGENESIS, AND RESERVES OF ORES OF LEAD AND ZINC: LONDON, INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, 18TH, 1948, P. 86-97.

  • Deposit

    MULLEN, D.H., AND STORMS, W.R., 1948, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4228, 8 P.

  • Deposit

    SCHMITT, H.A., 1939B, GSA BULL. 50, P. 777-818.

  • Deposit

    SCHMITT, H.A., 1942, IN NEWHOUSE, W.H., ED., ORE DEPOSITS AS RELATED TO STRUCTURAL FEATURES: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 73-79.

  • Deposit

    HILLESLAND, L.L., ET. AL., 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: COBRE MINING CO., UNPUBLISHED PAPER, 15 P.

  • Production

    (1) HILLESLAND ET. AL. (1994), P. 2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES ARE HORIZONTAL POD-LIKE FORMS AS MUCH AS 12 M IN DIAMETER AND 180 M LONG ENCLOSED IN LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE AND FURTHER CONTROLLED BY VERTICAL FISSURES AND THRUST FAULTS AT SOUTHEAST MARGIN OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK. FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1463 COVERING 66.68 ACRES. ORIGINAL PROPERTY (1916) HAD 18 CLAIMS.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D011682 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 07-JUL-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 25-OCT-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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