The Mineral Mountain Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,324 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,324 Feet (1,318 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 32.21083, -109.02361
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Mineral Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mineral Mountain Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
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: National Gold And Silver Mining Co.
Years: 1919 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1904
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: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT. INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Deposit): NO PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE. MINE CLOSED ABOUT 1904 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE VANAR TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN. ORE CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 686 G/T AG.
Comment (Deposit): 25 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1919. SMALL VEINS TRENDING ENE IN CRETACEOUS OR TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS.
References
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. 331
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. 103
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1220
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W. E., 1963, NMBMMR OPEN-FILE REPORT, 781 P.
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