| Deposit ID | 10013460 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009758 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Consolation Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Consolation Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.83035, 32.63567 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1265 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 34 MILES S 73 W OF SILVER CITY. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 019S | 019W | 20 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Gila Conglomerate |
| Rock description | Gila Conglomerate |
| (1) | -108.83035, 32.63567 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 40 TO 45 W |
| Dip | 80 NE |
| Thickness | 2.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1945 |
| Year of last production | 1955 |
| District name | Caprock Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Billingsley, Ben |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Duncan Mining Co. |
| Home office | Duncan, Az. |
| First year | 1958 |
| Year | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1940 To 1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Average Grade 8 To 10% Mn. | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009758 |
FARNHAM, L. L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 35-36
GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 168-169
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
GILLERMAN, E., 1964, P. 169
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FIFTEEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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