The Little Granite Mine 1887 is a silver and gold mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,051 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,051 Feet (2,149 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 33.43306, -107.76806
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Little Granite Mine 1887 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Granite Mine 1887
Secondary: Mima Mine: Claims In 1980
Secondary: Little Granite Nos. 1 To 6
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Black Range District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank Turley
Home Office: Mesa, Az.
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1980
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.12 OZ AU/TON
Analytical Data: TWO SAMPLES ASSAYED AVERAGED 13.25 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Acanthite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN ENTRANCE. LOCATED ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE BLACK RANGE ALONG TURKEY CREEK AND IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR. OTHER METALS CONTENT NOT DETERMINED.
Comment (Workings): ORIGINAL WORKINGS CONSISTING OF 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS, A SHORT ADIT AND A FEW SHALLOW OPEN CUTS WERE CAVED IN 1980 AND RECENT WORK HAS ADVANCED ABOUT 175 FT. IN LENGTH.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS STRINGERS IN A VEIN RANGING FROM 1 FT. TO 3.5 FT. WIDE AND CAN BE TRACED IN SURFACE OUTCROPS FOR ABOUT 800 FT.. 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 120 ACRES.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): REPORT ON MINES OF THE BLACK RANGE AND APACHE DISTRICTS, ATCHISON, TOPEKA, AND SANTA FE RAILWAY, 1887
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.81
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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