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Lake Valley

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese, Gold, Zinc, Vanadium, Lead, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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. 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 10105528
MRDS ID W006778
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Valley
Related records 10272909

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.56727, 32.71679 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 17 MILES SOUTH OF HILLSBORO, 13 MILES NORTH OF NUTT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Comments on the location information

  • EAST EDGE OF MIMBRES MTNS., ON SOUTH FLANK OF APACHE HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MN WAS MINED DURING THE 1940'S

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Embolite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Manganite Ore
Silver Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Oxidized

Analytical data

Result AG, 47.7 OZ/T
Result PB, TRACE
Result ZN, 4 %
Result SI, 28.5 %
Result FE, 13.9 %
Result MN, 18.2 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite;Andesite
    Rock description Rhyolite;Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mimbres Formation, Limestone;Lake Valley Formation, Limestone;Percha Formation, Shale
    Rock description Mimbres Formation, Limestone;Lake Valley Formation, Limestone;Percha Formation, Shale

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N - S Trend Of Mountains And Major Fault Systems
Type of structure Local
Structure description Area Is Faulted, Extending In A Se Direction (After Ore Deposition, Mimbres Mtns.)

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TO BEDDED
    Strike NE
    Dip 20 DEG SE
    Length 30.48M
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Capping Shale Overlies The Ore, Locus Probably From Andesite Source

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIP OF SED. STRATA IS 20 DEG. SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1878
Year of first production 1878

Mining district

District name Lake Valley

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Haile Mines, Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1893
    Period 1878 - 1893
    Material AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20 - 50 Oz/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Silver Silver 1107g/mt
  • Year 1955
    Period 1940 - 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^12 - 40 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 26wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE FOUND IN POCKETS, PIPES, AND CHAMBERS. THREE CENTERS OF MINERALIZATION: THE GRANDE, THE BELLA, & THE APACHE. LARGE BODIES OF MANGANESE OXIDE WERE MINED TO 1950'S

Comments on development

  • BRIDAL CHAMBER BODY OF SILVER ORE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST EVER FOUND ; ECON.COM: MINES WERE INVADED BY WATER AT THE 150 FT LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RICH ORE WAS FOUND IN GREEN FLINT, FAULTING IN THE AREA IS POST-ORE DEPOSITION. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D002899 BY J. WILLIAM HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Bilbey, Sue A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

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