The Reservation Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,375 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,375 Feet (1,943 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.45611, -108.53389
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Reservation Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reservation Mine
Secondary: Claim Patented In 1905
Secondary: Reservation: Unpatented Claim
Secondary: Gold Bullion
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Gold Hill District: Southern Burro Mountains
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: Leach, A. A.
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: David Harris
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1940
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS RANGING FROM 2 TO 6 FT. THICK. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1188 COVERING 17.16 ACRES AND ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1960'S CONSISTED OF THREE SHAFTS, TWO ADITS, A WINZE, 300 FT. OF DRIFTS WITH EXTENSIVE STOPING AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE GOLD HILL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 122-123
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P 327
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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