Silver Hill Mine

The Silver Hill Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,774 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Hill Mine
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Silver Hill
Secondary: State of Maine: Also Known As the Crosby Mine In 1944 and 1945.

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold

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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: C. G. Perry, And C. C. And S.E. Cloudman (Estate)
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: Silver Hill Mining Co.
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1953 -

Production

Year: 1952
Time Period: 1877-1952

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1877
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: Marbleization

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

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

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Andradite
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS. REPLACEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIAN HORQUILLA LIMESTONE IN MASSES UP TO 2 M. BY 7 M. ALONG FISSURES NEAR CONTACT OF MIDDLE TERTIARY GRANITE PORPHYRY SILL.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1958 CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH FIVE LEVELS

Comment (Deposit): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1877 AND 1952. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE STEINS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

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 97-99

Reference (Deposit): ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., AND CARTEN, R.B., 1978 NMBMMR CIRC 158, P.11, PLATE 1

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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