The Chance Mine 1880 is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,459 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,459 Feet (1,664 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 32.96472, -107.51528
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Chance Mine 1880 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chance Mine 1880
Secondary: Cina Mahoney Mine Or Sinnamahoning Mine
Secondary: Chance Group Patented In 1895, Claims
Secondary: Chance
Secondary: Christmas
Secondary: Feeder
Secondary: Extension
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Hillsboro 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: Sinnamahoning Gold And Copper Mining Co.
Home Office: Driftwood, Pa.
Years: 1920 -
Owner Name: J. B. Schaus
Home Office: Hillsboro, N.M.
Years: 1939 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1885
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
Type: L
Description: Vein Is Part Of A Radial System Of Veins Centered Around Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitized Andesite
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A NORTHWEST STRIKING FILLED-FISSURE VEIN RANGING FROM 3 FT. TO 5 FT. IN WIDTH. ORE IS FOUND IN SHOOTS, PODS AND SEAMS FROM 3 IN. TO 12 IN. IN THICKNESS. 4 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 945 COVERING 53.19 ACRES.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.
Comment (Production): ESTIMATED VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1880 TO 1931 AMOUNTS TO 6000 DOLLARS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF A 400 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH DRIFTS AT 100 FT. INTERVALS DRIVEN ALONG THE VEIN FOR DISTANCES RANGING FROM 25 FT. TO 200 FT. IN LENGTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 125-141, P. 158-159
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 141
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