The Houston Thomas Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,251 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,251 Feet (2,210 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.87333, -108.25083
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Houston Thomas Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Houston Thomas Mine
Secondary: Alpha Group of Claims Patented In 1908
Secondary: Alpha
Secondary: Omega
Secondary: Lafayette
Secondary: Manilla
Secondary: Florida
Secondary: Atlas
Secondary: Caribou
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Pinos Altos 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Houston-Thomas Mines Co.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: D. D. Osmer
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1961
Discovery Year: 1867
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
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Marmatite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE PORTAL OF THE MAIN ADIT LOCATED ON THE OMEGA CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1940'S CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS CONTAINING ABOUT 400 FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH 50 FT. OF DRIFTS, TWO SHALLOW WINZES, NUMEROUS SMALL PITS AND SEVERAL OPEN STOPES.
Comment (Production): ABOUT 6,500 METRIC TONS OF OXIDE ORE MINED UP TO 1943. FROM 1943 TO 1947, 3,400 METRIC TONS OF SULFIDE ORE CONTAINING 6-10% ZN, 1-3% PB, 0.1-0.5% CU, AND 103-206 G/T AG.
Comment (Development): OXIDE ORE MINED UP TO 1943. FROM 1943 TO 1947 SULFIDE ORE MINED.
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES ARE PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING OF THE MAGDALENA GROUP LIMESTONES. SITE CONSISTS OF SEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1211 COVERING 130.112 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): HERNON, R. E., 1949 . GEOL. AND ORE DEP., SILVER CITY REGION, NM GUIDEBOOK, FIELD TRIP NO. 3 , WEST TEXAS GEOL. SOCIETY.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 301
Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 122-125
Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1916 USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF U.S., FOLIO 199
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 70-71
Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1948 USBM RI-4237, 5 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): MCKNIGHT, J. F., AND FELLOWS, M. L., 1978, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 11, P. 1-8.
Reference (Deposit): DMEA 1549
Reference (Production): SOULE, J. H., 1948B, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4237, P. 5.
Reference (Deposit): CUNNINGHAM, J.E., 1974 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-30
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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