Ninety Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Workings at the site
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10014778
MRDS ID	D011715
Record type	Site
Current site name	Ninety Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-108.09228, 32.78761 (WGS84)

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
	017S	012W	33	NW4	New Mexico

Comments on the location information

1/3 MILE NE OF IVANHOE MINE

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcocite	Ore
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Galena	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore
Quartz	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Pliocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Cretaceous

Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Rock unit name Colorado

Rock description Colorado

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
Rock unit name	Colorado
Rock description	Colorado

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-108.09228, 32.78761	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Groundhog-Ivanhoe Fault

Ore body information

Strike N50E

Dip 45-50SE

Strike	N50E
Dip	45-50SE

Controls for ore emplacement

Vein, Fissure Filling, And Replacement Along Faults Near Or Adjacent To Igneous Intrusive Activity With Supergene Enrichment Of Near Surface Deposits.

Comments on the geologic information

ONE REFERENCE REFERS TO THE HOST ROCK AS BEING PENNSYLVANIAN SYRENA FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Year of first production	1904
Year of last production	1907

Mining district

District name	Bayard District

Comments on the production information

CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION, BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN. ORE GRADES REPORTED TO BE: 9-30% PB, 4-8% CU, 6-11 OZ/TON AG, AND 0.03 OZ/TON AU.

Workings at the site

Type of workings Underground

Overall depth 118M

Type of workings	Underground
Overall depth	118M

Comments on the workings information

SHAFT 118 M. DEEP

Comments on development

RICH SUPERGENE ORES MINED PRIOR TO 1904. SOME MINING OF SULFIDE ORES UP UNTIL 1907. IDLE SINCE 1907.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D011715

Bibliographic references

Deposit

LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 314.
Deposit

LASKY, S. G., 1936, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 870, P. 119-121.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	VEINS ALONG SPLAYED NORTHEAST END OF GROUNDHOG-IVANHOE FAULT AND DIKE SYSTEM. VEINS CHIEFLY BETWEEN GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY DIKE (HANGING WALL) AND CRETACEOUS COLORADO FORMATION AND QUARTZ DIORITE SILL (FOOTWALL).

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-AUG-1984	Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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