Black Range District

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001721
MRDS ID W017011
Record type District
Current site name Black Range District
Alternate or previous names Chloride District, Apache No. 1 District, Grafton, Fairview, Fluorine, Poverty Creek, Mineral Creek, Turkey Creek, Monument Creek, Bear Creek, Dry Creek, Phillipsburg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.7506, 32.37513 (WGS84)
Relative position LATITUDE-LONGITUDE LOCATION IS APPROXIMATELY THE CENTER OF THE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT. THE WINSTON AND IRON MOUNTAIN 7.5 MINUTE TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLES COVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE DISTRICT, THE WESTERN PART IS COVERED BY THE LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN 15 MINUTE TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. THIS DISTRICT IS ABOUT 24 MILES LONG EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF THE SIERRA COUNTY LINE SOUTHWARD TO MONUMENT CREEK, AND IS 6 TO 12 MILES WIDE WITH THE CREST OF THE BLACK RANGE FORMING THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE DISTRICT. ELEVATIONS RANGE FROM 6000 FT. TO 8500 FT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goat Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deming(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(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

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.7506, 32.37513

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description LARGE DISPLACEMENT FAULTS WHICH CAN BE TRACED FOR GREAT DISTANCES HAVE SLICED THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE BLACK RANGE ARCH INTO A SERIES OF ELONGATE BLOCKS TRENDING NORTH-SOUTH. THESE BLOCKS HAVE BEEN LOWERED WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER FROMWEST TO EAST AND SMALLER DISPLACEMENT CROSS FAULTING HAS FORMED SMALLER BLOCKS OF UNEQUAL DIMENSIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN IRREGULARLY ELEVATED, LOWERED AND TILTED.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1879
Discoverer Harry Pye
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name BLACK RANGE DISTRICT
District name CHLORIDE DISTRICT
District name APACHE NO. 1 DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.72-90

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.