The Republic and Wisconsin Claims 1880'sS is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 32.97917, -107.51806
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Republic and Wisconsin Claims 1880'sS MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Republic and Wisconsin Claims 1880'sS
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1892
Secondary: Republic
Secondary: Wisconsin
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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: W. N. Clum
Years: 1929 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1929
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 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: Gold
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A NORTHEAST TRENDING VEIN RANGING FROM 3 FT. TO 4 FT. WIDE WITH HIGH GRADE STRINGERS AND SEAMS OF ORE UP TO 18 IN. WIDE. 2 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 805 AND 808 COVERING 40.31 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF A 90 FT. SHAFT ON THE WISCONSIN CLAIM AND A 100 FT. TUNNEL ON THE REPUBLIC CLAIM.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE NORTH FLANK OF ANIMAS PEAK IN DUTCH GULCH JUST SOUTH OF THE ROAD LEADING TO THE EL ORO MINES.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO 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. 160
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