Hall Mine

The Hall Mine is a vanadium mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,000 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Hall Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Sierra

Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)

Commodity: Vanadium

Lat, Long: 32.91611, -107.52417

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Hall Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hall Mine
Secondary: Macy Mine: S J Macy Claim


Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Hillsboro (Las Animas) 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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: S. J. Macy
Years: 1910 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Endlichite
Ore: Descloizite


Comments

Comment (Location): ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF PERCHA CREEK

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

Comment (Production): LINDGREN (1910) REPORTS SOME V ORE PRODUCED.

Comment (Deposit): SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): BEDDING REPLACEMENT LENSES AND FRACTURE FILLINGS IN DOLOMITE BELOW CONTACT WITH OVERLYING SHALE.


References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., AND OTHERS, 1910, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 276

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


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