Dewey Mine

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072202
MRDS ID W016994
Record type Site
Current site name Dewey Mine
Alternate or previous names Jenkins Prospect...
Related records 10150886

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.82726, 34.2673 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 15 MILES N 16 E OF SOCORRO., Within A Radius Of 1000 Feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Joya(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 001N;001S 001E;001E 35;02 SW (35); NW (32) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • REPORTED TO BE LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES N 82 E OF SAN ACACIA, N.M.. TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION PROJECTED ON THE UNSURVEYED SEVILLETA LAND GRANT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928, P. 128

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE OF THE ORE PILE CONTAINED 41.18 % CAF2
Result 11.78 BASO4
Result 7.94 % PBS
Result 23.32 % SIO2
Result 13.6 % AL203 AND FE203
Result 1.78 % CACO3: A SAMPLE FROM A SMALL SHAFT ABOUT 1500 FT. EAST OF THE DEWEY SHAFT CONTAINED 38.06 % BASO4
Result 12.16 CAF2
Result 0.90 % PBS
Result 34.65 SIO2
Result 12.52 % AL2O3 AND FE2O3
Result 1.57 % CACO3..

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.82726, 34.2673

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M
    Length 914.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1902

Mining district

District name Los Canoncitos Area: Joyita Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sevilleta Land Grant And The State Of New Mexico
    First year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT ONE CARLOAD, 50 TONS, OF LEAD ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1902.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1910 CONSISTED OF A 300 FT VER TICAL SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFTS ON TWO LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 240-241

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 127-128

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 61-62

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 32

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Weeks, Robert New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-NOV-81 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