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Bald Eagle Group

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097795
MRDS ID D006846
Record type Site
Current site name Bald Eagle Group
Alternate or previous names New Mexico Minerals Survey Plat 2049, Bald Eagle Group Claims
Related records 10272372

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.71782, 33.27343 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088
Relative position 30 MILES N70W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 012S;012S 009W;008W 12,13;07,18 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • AT EXTREME SOUTHERN END OF APACHE DISTRICT, 6 MI SW OF CHLORIDE, NM, ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF MONUMENT CREEK.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite 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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.71782, 33.27343
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Most Valuable Ore In Upper Oxidized Zone. Ore Confined To Fissures And Shear Zones In Eruptive Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Apache District; Chloride District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Empire Mines And Metals Co.
    First year 1935

Comments on the workings information

  • MORE THAN 250 FT OF OPEN-CUT AND TUNNEL WORK NEAR SURFACE, 400 FT OF SHAFT WORK AND 100 FT OF DRIFTING.

Comments on development

  • MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2049 - PLAT FOR BALD EAGLE GROUP OF CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P86

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS TREND N-NW. HANGING-WALL USUALLY WELL-DEFINED. BODY OF VEIN BRECCIATED MASS OF ANDESITE WITH FILLING AND REPLACEMENT BY SILICA, CALCITE AND ORE MINERALS. HIGH-GRADE STREAK ABOUT 2 FT WIDE.
Deposit SEE APACHE DISTRICT-CHLORIDE DISTRICT FOR MAJOR REGIONAL TRENDS, STRUCTURE AND GENERAL GEOLOGY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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