Stevens Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, Molybdenum
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101778
MRDS ID D009009
Record type Site
Current site name Stevens Mine
Alternate or previous names Lower Contact Deposits: Claims, Fairview, International, Southern
Related records 10271716

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.44028, 32.53791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1326
Relative position ABOUT 26 MILES N 53 E OF LAS CRUCES. APPROX. 12 MILES N 20 E OF WHITE SANDS, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bennett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sands(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020S 005E 28,33 SW (28); NW (33) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MINE IN SECTION 28 AS SHOWN ON THE LAKE LUCERO SW TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. MINE IS ON THE WHITE SANDS MISSLE RANGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Paso Group
    Rock description El Paso Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.44028, 32.53791

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Occur Along The North-Trending Organ Mountains Fault Zone Which Forms The Eastern Boundary Of The Organ Mountains-Southern San Andres Uplift.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Replaced Favorable Host Rocks Along A Fault Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of last production 1932

Mining district

District name Bear Canyon District: Southern San Andres Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. J. Stevens And J. G. Stewart
    Home office Las Cruces, N.M.
    First year 1930
  • Type Owner
    Owner White Sands Missile Range

Comments on the production information

  • DUNHAM REPORTED PRODUCTION OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF GALENA CONCENTRATES AND A CARLOAD OF BARITE WAS SHIPPED IN 1932.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, SHORT INCLINED ADITS AND SMALL OPENCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 257-260

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P.13

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 87, SHEET 1

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, USBM INF. CIRC. 8307, P. 22.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD # D009957 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Deposit THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-82 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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