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St. Cloud Mines 1880's

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10107967
MRDS ID D006843
Record type Site
Current site name St. Cloud Mines 1880's
Alternate or previous names St. Cloud Group
Related records 10151082

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.70393, 33.32121 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position ABOUT 29 MILES N64W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 011S 008W 30 S2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MINE ENTRANCE. LOCATED ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE BLACK RANGE WITHIN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone And Some Weak Contact Metamorphism.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.70393, 33.32121
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest Trending Vein Offset By North Trending Fault System.

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip STEEPLY TO SW
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Black Range District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ferguson, T. R. And Connally
    Home office Winston, N.M.
    First year 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF ONE 175 FT. DEEP SHAFT, ABOUT 300 FT. OF LATERAL WORKINGS AND A SHORT WINZE. A 1965 TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE INDICATES 4 SHAFTS WERE PRESENT.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER 33 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-266

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.72-85

  • Deposit

    MAXWELL, C.H. AND HEYL, A.V., 1980 GLOBAL TECTONICS AND METALLOGENY, VOL 1, NO 2, P. 129-133

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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