Dewey and White Swan Mines

The Dewey and White Swan Mines is a vanadium mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Dewey and White Swan Mines  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Sierra

Elevation:

Commodity: Vanadium

Lat, Long: 33.05, -107.21389

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Dewey and White Swan Mines MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Dewey and White Swan Mines
Secondary: Principal Claims: Dewey
Secondary: White Swan
Secondary: Admiral
Secondary: Canary Bird
Secondary: U.S.N.


Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Barium-Barite


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos (Palomas Gap) District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: R. G. Michael And Associates
Years: 1944 -

Owner Name: C. J. Moore And C. E. Ross
Years: 1944 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1911
Discovery Year: 1900
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: COMPOSITE OF CHANNEL AND GRAB SAMPLES AVERAGED 3.48 % PB, 0.61 % VANADIUM PENTOXIDE AND 15.0 % CALCIUM FLUORIDE.


Materials

Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Descloizite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Cuprodescloizite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Barite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE VEINS ARE 2 FT TO 20 FT WIDE. THEY ARE OPEN TEXTURED, SPONGY AND CONTAIN SOLUTION CAVITIES RANGING IN SIZE FROM SMALL VUGS TO ELONGATE CAVES.

Comment (Workings): IN 1942 THE DEWEY WAS REPORTED TO BE INACCESSIBLE AND THE WHITE SWAN WAS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE 80 FT LEVEL AND THE 130 FT LEVEL. 5 PATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 90 ACRES. SEE NEW MEXICO MINERAL PLAT SURVEY NUMBER 1439.

Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Comment (Deposit): THE DEWEY AND WHITE SWAN MINES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO CONTAIN AN ESTIMATED 26000 TONS OF MEASURABLE, INDICATED AND INFERRED ORE WITH AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.53 % VANADIUM PENTOXIDE AND AT THE 1944 PRICES THIS ORE COULD NOT BE ECONOMICALLY MINED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): NORTHEAST OF PALOMAS GAP ON THE EAST FLANK OF THE NORTHERN CABALLOS MOUNTAINS.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): V RESOURCES PROBABLY NIL.

Comment (Production): A SMALL PLANT WAS BUILT AT CUTTER, N. MEX., TO MAKE V CONCENTRATES BUT OPERATED ONLY A SHORT TIME (LASKY, S. G., AND WOOTTON, T. P., 1933, NEW MEXICO SCHOOL MINES BULL. 7). HESS (1913) REPORTS A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS V2O5 PRODUCED IN 1911.


References

Reference (Deposit): HESS, 1913; KELLEY AND SILVERS, 1952-SEE USGS BULL. 1316

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P203

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR, 1965, BULL 87, P202, P226

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA


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