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Lone Mountain Mines

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097918
MRDS ID D011702
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Mountain Mines
Alternate or previous names Includes: Monarch, Home Ticket, New York, And Eighty-Four Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.18394, 32.72512 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurley West(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
018S 013W 27 N2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED BY SHAFT ON MONARCH MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman
    Rock description Fusselman

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.18394, 32.72512
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Follow Vertical Cross-Cutting Fractures In Dolomite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1871
Year of last production 1884

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District

Comments on the production information

  • CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN. PRODUCED DURING PERIOD BETWEEN 1871 AND 1884. ORE AVERAGED 1,372-2,401 G/T AG IN THE MONARCH MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS PROBABLY NO DEEPER THAN 30 M.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED IN 1871 AND VIRTUALLY MINED OUT BY 1884

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS UP TO 2 M. THICK, FOLLOWING VERTICAL CROSS-CUTTING FRACTURES THROUGHOUT THE FUSSELMAN DOLOMITE. MONARCH VEIN STRIKES N AND DIPS VERTICALLY.
Deposit THIS RECORD INCLUDES DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D000064 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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