The Grant County Mine is a zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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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
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.81833, -108.06472
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Grant County Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grant County Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro-Hanover District; Central District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Mueller Industries
Years: 1990 - 1993
Owner Name: Grant County Copper Co. , Peru Mining Co. , U.S. Smelting, Refining An
Years: 1919 - 1927
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE SANTA RITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1939 CONSISTED OF TWO SHAFTS, TWO ADITS AND ABOUT 800 FT. OF DRIFTING.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM THE GRANT COUNTY MINE IS INCLUDED WITH THE PRODUCTION FROM THE PEWABIC MINE AND CANNOT BE REPORTED SEPARATELY. NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA INDICATES ABOUT 50000 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 9.75 % ZN WAS MINED FROM THE GRANT COUNTY MINE PRIOR TO 1939. COBRE MINING GIVES TOTAL PRODUCTION AS 60,683 ST.
References
Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, A.C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 66-69
Reference (Deposit): HERNON, R.M., JONES, W.R., AND MOORE, S.L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306
Reference (Deposit): JONES, W.R., HERNON, R.M., AND MOORE, S.L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): HILLESLAND, L.L., WORTHINGTON, W.T., AND HAWKINS, R.B., 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NM, IN GUIDEBOOK TO FIELD TRIP 10 AND 13, TYRONE, PINOS ALTOS, CHINO, CONTINENTAL, CENTRAL DISTRICT, NEW MEXICO: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 2.
Reference (Production): (1) HILLESLAND ET. AL. (1994)
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