Balakhana Group

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097818
MRDS ID D008146
Record type Site
Current site name Balakhana Group
Alternate or previous names Claims Patented In 1923, Balakhana, Balakhana No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.14448, 34.01759 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 15.5 MILES S 79 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(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

Cibola 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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003S 003W 27 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN COPPER CANYON ABOUT 0.5 MILES WEST OF THE BUCKEYE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Magdalena Group
    Rock description Magdalena Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.14448, 34.01759

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 30 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposits Occur Along Limestone-Greenstone Contact And Along Fractures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: Water Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hezekiah Hall
    First year 1937
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hezekiah Hall
    First year 1930

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 83.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • FIELD NOTES FROM 1921 SURVEY FOR PATENT REPORTED A 50 FT. TUNNEL, A 150 FT. TUNNEL AND A 175 FT. TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 48-51, FIG. 3

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    KREWEDL, D.A., 1974 NMBMMR OFR-44, 139 PAGES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1877 COVERING 38.877 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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