The Calamity Jane Mine 1890's is a lead and silver mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,549 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,549 Feet (1,996 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.91583, -107.72028
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Calamity Jane Mine 1890's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Calamity Jane Mine 1890's
Secondary: Calamity Jane Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Kingston 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Gephart And Benjamin
Home Office: Box 996, Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1895
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
Type: L
Description: Ladrone Fault Strikes N 30 W
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
Comment (Location): LOCATED BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS CLAIM AND THE BRUSH HEAP CLAIM ABOUT ONE MILE WEST OF KINGSTON IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.
Comment (Workings): WORKING REPORTED ABOUT 1908 CONSISTED OF ONE TUNNEL ABOUT 750 FT. IN LENGTH.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 98-105
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 268-270, PLATE XXI
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