| 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: | -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. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sierra |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| (1) | -107.7506, 32.37513 |
|---|
| 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. |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1879 |
| Discoverer | Harry Pye |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| District name | BLACK RANGE DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| District name | CHLORIDE DISTRICT |
| District name | APACHE NO. 1 DISTRICT |
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.260-266
HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.72-90
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