Burke Mine

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper
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. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101435
MRDS ID D003306
Record type Site
Current site name Burke Mine
Alternate or previous names Jessie, Chance and Jessie
Related records 10248508

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.09005, 32.17819 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Relative position ABOUT 20.5 MILES S 72 W OF DEMING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(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 Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 024S 012W 33 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Gold Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.09005, 32.17819

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 50 TO 60 E
    Dip 70 NW
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein, N50-60e, Steep Nw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Victorio District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Michael Burk
    First year 1900
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jessie T. Kyle

Production statistics

  • Year 1929
    Period 1904-1929
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 12.25% Pb, 257 G/T Ag, 4.8 G/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 257g/mt
    Ore Lead Lead 12wt-pct
    Ore Gold Gold 5wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • CHANCE AND JESSIE ARE THE LARGEST AND MOST PRODUCTIVE MINES IN THE DISTRICT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A 300 FT. ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G. B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 72, P 81-82

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P 291

  • Deposit

    THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1175

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 928 AND 1008 COVERING 20.93 ACRES. CLOSELY SPACED VEINS (N50E, STEEPLY NW) IN DOLOMITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Richter, D. H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-APR-83 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