The Colossal Mine 1880's is a silver, copper, gold, and lead mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 33.30583, -107.71889
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Colossal Mine 1880's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Colossal Mine 1880's
Secondary: Colossal-Midnight Group 1880's: Claims
Secondary: Colossal
Secondary: Midnight
Secondary: Tidal Wave
Secondary: King
Secondary: King No. 2
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Black Range 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Albert Leach, Lordsburg, N.M. : U.V. Industries
Years: 1948 -
Owner Name: U. V. Industries
Home Office: Hanover, N.M.
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1925
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: North Trending Fault System Offsets Northwest Trending Vein.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified,Garnetized And Epidotized Limestone.
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ABOUT 7 % CU
Analytical Data: 0.5 OZ AU/TON
Analytical Data: SAMPLES ASSAYED 127 OZ. AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bromyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT. FOR INFORMATION ON THE MIDNIGHT MINE SEE THE SEPARATE CRIB ENTRY.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN ENTRANCE OF MINE. LOCATED IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SOUTH FORK OF CUCHILLO NEGRO CREEK.
Comment (Commodity): ASSAY REPORTED BY SILLIMAN, B., 1882 P. 441
Comment (Production): APPROXIMATE PRODUCTION VALUE FROM 1880 TO 1932 IS 75000 DOLLARS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 WERE CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, N.M. PRINTING CO., P. 99-100
Reference (Deposit): LINGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-266
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 72-85
Reference (Deposit): SILLIMAN, B., 1882 TRANS AIME, VOL 10, P. 441
Reference (Deposit): 5) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 78
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