The Torrence Mine 1880 is a gold and silver mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,190 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,190 Feet (1,582 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.06389, -106.94278
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Torrence Mine 1880 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Torrence Mine 1880
Secondary: Known As the New Find During the Late 1880'sS
Secondary: And As the Sixteen To One In the 1890's Or 1900's.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Socorro Peak District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: State Of New Mexico
Home Office: New Mexico
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1923
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: PODS AND SHOOTS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Mimetite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Descloizite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH 3 LEVELS AND ABOUT 950 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SOCORRO PEAK DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 32
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 118-133
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 239-240
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 109-111
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