The Carbonate Hill Mine is a silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,675 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,675 Feet (1,425 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 32.16981, -108.98395
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Carbonate Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carbonate Hill Mine
Secondary: Mcghee Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: San Simon 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Strong Earl And Mosely Ira
Info Year: 1956
Owner Name: Donald Mcghee And Co.
Home Office: NM
Info Year: 1978
Years: 1952 -
Owner Name: Donald Mcghee And Co.
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1955
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1894
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitic
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TOTAL VALUE OF PRODUCTION PROBABLY GREATER THAN 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): RICHTER, D. H., AND LAWRENCE, V. A., REFER TO THE LIMESTONE UNIT AS THE CARBONATE HILL LIMESTONE ON USGS MAP I-1310-B.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1958 CONSISTED OF THE MAIN SHAFT CONTAINING ABOUT 2400 FT. OF DRIFTS, A SHORT ADIT, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Deposit): 32 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. REPLACEMENT OF CRETACEOUS CARBONATE HILL LIMESTONE ALONG MIDDLE TERTIARY FELSIC DIKE IN COMPLEX NORTH-TRENDING FAULT ZONE.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE STEINS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL LEVELS AS DEEP AS 500 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P. 93-97
Reference (Deposit): ARMSTRONG, A. K., SILBERMAN, M. L., TODD, V. R., HOGGATT, W. C., & CARTEN, R. B., 1978, GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES, CIRC. 158, P 11
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 88
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1220
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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