Matchless Group 1910's

The Matchless Group 1910's is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Matchless Group 1910's
Secondary: Principal Claims: Matchless
Secondary: Climax
Secondary: Atlas
Secondary: Tall Pine
Secondary: Peerless
Secondary: Indicator
Secondary: Satisfaction
Secondary: Bel Burke
Secondary: Bel Burke Extension
Secondary: Pride of the Camp

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Kingston 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: Empire Zinc Division Of New Jersey Zinc Co.
Years: 1961 -

Owner Name: Lurex Mining Corp.
Years: 1958 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1950
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

Structure

Type: L
Description: Iron King Fault Strikes N 5 W And Many Smaller Faults And Fractures Trend N 60 To 65 E.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Dolomite

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS FRACTURE FILLINGS, WALL ROCK REPLACEMENTS AND IRREGULAR BEDDING REPLACEMENTS IN OR NEAR FAULT ZONES AND ALONG GENTLY FOLDED BEDDING PLANES. TEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NO. 1464 COVERING 184.898 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF AN OPENCUT 100 FT IN LENGTH AND 15 FT DEEP. OPEN STOPES, SEPARATED BY PILLARS, EXTEND WEST FROM THE NORTH HALF OF THE OPENCUT. OLDER WORKINGS FROM THE 1900'S ARE INACCESSIBLE BUT ESTIMATED AT 500 FT OF TUNNELS, ADITS, DRIFTS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT

Comment (Location): CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSTON.

Comment (Commodity): PRECIOUS AND BASE METALS WERE MINED IN THE 1900'S, MANGANESE PRODUCTION BEGAN IN 1957.

Comment (Production): MANGANESE PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED AS 233 LONG TONS OF CONCENTRATES AVERAGING 42.6% MN IN 1957 AND 770 LONG TONS OF SORTED ORE AVERAGING 33% MN IN 1958.

References

Reference (Production): L.L. FARNHAM, 1961 P.97

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC 8030, P.97

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.103

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