Comstock Mine 1880's

The Comstock Mine 1880's is a silver and lead mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Comstock Mine 1880's
Secondary: Canfield Tunnel: Patented Claim In 1893 Comstock

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Manganese

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Kingston 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Anne Bucher
Years: 1961 -

Owner Name: Haile Mines Inc.
Years: 1950 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1941
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur Near Dolomite-Shale Contact And Near Monzonite Sill.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Dolomite

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 26.5% MN
Analytical Data: ANALYSES AVERAGE 3.7 OZ AG/TON

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Rhodonite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite

Comments

Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1950 CONSISTED OF THE CANFIELD TUNNEL 500 FT IN LENGTH, NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS, SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS, RAISES, WINZES AND STOPES.

Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE KINGSTON DISTRICT.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS FRACTURE FILLINGS, WALL ROCK REPLACEMENTS AND IRREGULAR BEDDING REPLACEMENTS IN OR NEAR FAULT ZONES AND ALONG GENTLY FOLDED BEDDING PLANES BELOW AN IMPERMEABLE SHALE. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NO. 465-A COVERING 12.01 ACRES.

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM L.L. FARNHAM, 1961 P. 104

Comment (Location): CLAIM IS LOCATED ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSTON IN PICKET SPRING CANYON.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

References

Reference (Deposit): 5) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC 8030, P.102-104

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.103

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.269, PLATE XXI

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