The Stevens Mine is a barium-barite and lead mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,350 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,350 Feet (1,326 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite, Lead
Lat, Long: 32.53778, -106.43972
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Stevens Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stevens Mine
Secondary: Lower Contact Deposits: Claims
Secondary: Fairview
Secondary: International
Secondary: Southern
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Bear Canyon District: Southern San Andres Mountains
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: White Sands Missile Range
Owner Name: W. J. Stevens And J. G. Stewart
Home Office: Las Cruces, N.M.
Years: 1930 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1932
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, BLANKET
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposit Occur Along The North-Trending Organ Mountains Fault Zone Which Forms The Eastern Boundary Of The Organ Mountains-Southern San Andres Uplift.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Deposit): THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MINE IN SECTION 28 AS SHOWN ON THE LAKE LUCERO SW TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. MINE IS ON THE WHITE SANDS MISSLE RANGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Production): DUNHAM REPORTED PRODUCTION OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF GALENA CONCENTRATES AND A CARLOAD OF BARITE WAS SHIPPED IN 1932.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, SHORT INCLINED ADITS AND SMALL OPENCUTS.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D009957 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 257-260
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P.13
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 87, SHEET 1
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, USBM INF. CIRC. 8307, P. 22.
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