St. Cloud Mines 1880's

The St. Cloud Mines 1880's is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: St. Cloud Mines 1880's
Secondary: St. Cloud Group

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper

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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Ferguson, T. R. And Connally
Home Office: Winston, N.M.
Years: 1958 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1957
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

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Northwest Trending Vein Offset By North Trending Fault System.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone And Some Weak Contact Metamorphism.

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MINE ENTRANCE. LOCATED ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE BLACK RANGE WITHIN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Comment (Other Database): RECORD NUMBER 33 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF ONE 175 FT. DEEP SHAFT, ABOUT 300 FT. OF LATERAL WORKINGS AND A SHORT WINZE. A 1965 TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE INDICATES 4 SHAFTS WERE PRESENT.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

References

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 (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-266

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.72-85

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