The U.S. Treasury Mine 1880's is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,060 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,060 Feet (2,152 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 33.32694, -107.71417
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U.S. Treasury Mine 1880's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: U.S. Treasury Mine 1880's
Secondary: Principal Claims
Secondary: U.S. Treasury
Secondary: White Eagle
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Black Range District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Treasury Mines Co.
Home Office: Chloride, N.M.
Years: 1948 -
Owner Name: U.S. Treasury Mines Co., Edward James
Years: 1948 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1947
Discovery Year: 1885
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Northwest Trending Vein Offset By North Trending Faults.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Andesite
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Bromyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN ENTRANCE. MINE IS LOCATED ON THE EAST FLANK OF THE BLACK RANGE IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.
Comment (Production): APPROXIMATE VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1880 TO 1932 WAS REPORTED TO BE 20000 DOLLARS.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS STRINGERS AND SHOOTS OF ORE IN A NORTHWEST TRENDING FISSURE VEIN WHICH RANGES FROM 4 FT. TO 6 FT. WIDE. IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE MAIN SHAFT THE VEIN WIDENS TO ABOUT 20 FT. AND SULFIDE MINERALIZATION BEGINS TO REPLACE OXIDES. 2 CLAIMS, MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1098, COVERING 37.774 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF TWO INCLINED SHAFTS ABOUT 200 FT. AND 400 FT. DEEP, FOUR DRIFT LEVELS ABOUT 100 FT. APART AND A FEW PITS. THE 100 FT. AND 200 FT. LEVEL DRIFTS TOTAL ABOUT 600 FT.
Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.72-85
Reference (Deposit): MAXWELL, C.H. AND HEYL, A.V., 1980 GLOBAL TECTONICS AND METALLOGENY, VOL 1, NO 2, P. 129-133
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 78
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.260-266
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