The Lilliput Group 1910's is a lead, silver, copper, and gold mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.94694, -107.54972
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Lilliput Group 1910's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lilliput Group 1910's
Secondary: Katherine Vein: Claims Patented In 1919
Secondary: Lilliput
Secondary: Catherine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
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: J. P. Mclaughlin, Et Al.
Years: 1919 -
Owner Name: Empire Mines And Metals Co.
Home Office: Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1935 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1935
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 Associated With The Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE RATTLESNAKE MINE ON A VEIN CONSIDERED TO BE A SPLIT FROM THE MAIN RATTLESNAKE VEIN
Comment (Deposit): 2 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1621 COVERING 41.258 ACRES.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF A 200 FT. SHAFT WITH A MODERATE AMOUNT OF UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT.
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. 154-155
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