Stevens Mine

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

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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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