Consolation Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  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 10013460
MRDS ID D009758
Record type Site
Current site name Consolation Mine
Alternate or previous names Consolation Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.83035, 32.63567 (WGS84)
Elevation 1265
Relative position ABOUT 34 MILES S 73 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

Nichols Canyon(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 019S 019W 20 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION SHOWN ON THE CANADOR PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Gila Conglomerate
    Rock description Gila Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.83035, 32.63567

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 40 TO 45 W
    Dip 80 NE
    Thickness 2.44M

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 first production 1945
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Caprock Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Billingsley, Ben
    First year 1950
  • Type Owner
    Owner Duncan Mining Co.
    Home office Duncan, Az.
    First year 1958

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1940 To 1955
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Grade 8 To 10% Mn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 9wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1960'S CONSISTED OF A 100 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND A 100 FT. LONG OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L. L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 35-36

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 168-169

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964, P. 169

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIFTEEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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