The Homestake-Tripp Mine is a gold mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,850 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,850 Feet (1,783 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.98139, -107.53528
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Homestake-Tripp Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homestake-Tripp Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Hillsboro 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: El Oro Mines Co.
Years: 1930 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
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 Associated With 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: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Production): ESTIMATED VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1877 TO 1931 AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 50000 DOLLARS.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS REPORTED TO RANGE FROM 2 FT. TO 8 FT. IN WIDTH AND TO BE EXPOSED ON THE SURFACE FOR ABOUT 800 FT. IN LENGTH.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF SHAFTS, TUNNELS AND MANY OPENCUTS BUT WERE CONSIDERED TO BE TOO UNSAFE TO ENTER ABANDONED UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 125-141, P. 166
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
Reference (Production): G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 141
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