Emporia Mine 1880

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107970
MRDS ID D007095
Record type Site
Current site name Emporia Mine 1880
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1891, Emporia
Related records 10150957

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.74978, 33.42566 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 36 MILES N 55 W 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

Iron Mountain(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 010S 009W 22 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • MINES ON WISCONSIN CREEK, INDIAN CR., MILL CR., AND RAMSHORN CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
  • LOCATED 0.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE OLD TOWN OF GRAFTON IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.74978, 33.42566

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Major North-Striking Fault Zone Between The Black Range To The West And A Well-Defined Graben Valley To The East Occurs Along The General Trend Of Mineralization.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike NORTH-SOUTH
    Dip 60 E
    Thickness 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized As Fissure Fillings.

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 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Black Range District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mcdaniel Investment Co.
    Home office Box 206 Monticello, N.M.
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ivanhoe Mining Co.
    Home office Los Angeles, Ca.
    First year 1956

Comments on the production information

  • 1982 USGS PRODUCTION ESTIMATE: $1, 500, 000
  • APPROXIMATE VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1880 TO 1932 WAS REPORTED TO AMOUNT TO 60000 DOLLARS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 70.1M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS IN LODE MINES, PITS AND TRENCHES ON FE AND CR DEPOSITS.
  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF A 120 FT. SHAFT WITH A 150 FT. DRIFT TO THE SOUTH AND ABOUT 80 FT OF DRIFT NORTH.

Comments on development

  • QUARTZ VEINS DISCOVERED 1864, MILLS BUILT 1865. STEADY PRODUCTION THRU 1952. CHROMITE DISCOVERED AROUND 1930, FE DEPOSITS EXAMINED 1940'S-1950'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-264

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 72-80

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., 1955 NMGS SIXTH FIELD CONFERENCE, GEOLOGIC MAP OF SIERRA COUNTY REGION, N.M.

  • Production

    G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P.78

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A VEIN REPORTED TO REACH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 40 FT. HIGH-GRADE SEAMS AND QUARTZ VEINLETS RANGE FROM 12 IN. TO 20 IN. WIDE AND ONE ORE SHOOT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN 140 FT. IN LENGTH. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 719 COVERING 13.71 ACRES.
Deposit DISTRICT WAS STEADY PRODUCER THROUGH 1952. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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