| Deposit ID | 10101431 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D002963 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tom Payne Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Tom Paine, Claim: Tom Paine Or Tom Payne |
| Related records | 10272927 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.13224, 35.4995 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1963 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 18.4 MILES S 40 W OF SANTA FE, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Fe(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Madrid(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Santa Fe |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 015N | 008E | 30 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Espinosa Volcanics | ||||||||
| Rock description | Espinosa Volcanics | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Espinosa Volcanics |
| Rock description | Espinosa Volcanics |
| (1) | -106.13224, 35.4995 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults And Shear Zones |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults And Shear Zones |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10 TO 20 E |
| Dip | STEEPLY WEST |
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Depth to bottom | 94.49M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1879 |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| District name | Cerrillos |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mineral Products Corp. |
| Home office | Albuquerque, Nm |
| First year | 1961 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 702.56M |
| Overall depth | 94.49M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002963 | |
| Defense Mapping Agency | DMA | DMA | 247 |
DISBROW, A.E. AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 53-54
ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 30-33
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE VEIN IS A NARROW ZONE OF SHEARED AND HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED MONZONITE CONTAINING THIN TABULAR SHOOTS AND STRINGERS OF ORE. THE VEIN FOLLOWS A SLIGHTLY SINUOUS COURSE; THROUGHOUT MOST OF ITS EXTENT IT STRIKES N 10-20 E, BUT ON THE SECOND LEVEL, 220 FEET NORTH OF THE SHAFT, IT BENDS MORE TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS CURVE COINCIDES WITH THE NORTH END OF THE RICHEST ORE SHOOT MINED. THE DIPS ARE STEEP TO THE WEST, WITH REVERSAL OF DIP INDICATED LOCALLY. THE ORE SHOOTS ARE ELONGATE ALONG THE STRIKE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1977 | Hasler, J. William | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1984 | Murray, Diane | U.S. Geological Survey |
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