The Pelican Mine is a silver, lead, and copper mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,099 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 33.16722, -107.70389
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Pelican Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pelican Mine
Secondary: Hermosa Silver Mines Co. 1900's: Patented Claims
Secondary: Pelican
Secondary: Eagle
Secondary: Albatross
Secondary: Vulture All Patented In 1890's: Unpatented Claims
Secondary: Crane
Secondary: Pelican Nos. 2, 3
Secondary: Hermosa
Secondary: Valley
Secondary: Hereford
Secondary: Hidden Treasure
Secondary: Iron King
Secondary: Marshall
Secondary: Bull Frog
Secondary: Bull Frog No. 2
Secondary: Bull Dog
Secondary: Bull Dog No. 2
Secondary: Woodrow Wilson
Secondary: The Fraction: Claims of the Hermosa Silver Mining Co. Reported By
Secondary: F.A. Jones, 1922.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Hermosa (Palomas) 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: C. F. Ross
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: George Koepke
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1880
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: PODS, SHOOTS AND POCKETS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Pelican Fault Strikes N25w And Many Smaller Faults Parallel This Fault Many Smaller Faults Trending North To Northeast Intersect With The Pelican Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS WERE REPORTED IN 1950 TO CONSIST OF MORE THAN 1000 FT OF TUNNELS, DRIFTS AND RAISES, AND A VERTICAL SHAFT 160 FT DEEP.
Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE HERMOSA DISTRICT. ADDITIONAL HOST ROCK FORMATIONS INCLUDE PENN. MAGDALENA GROUP, MISS. KELLY FORMATION, MISS. LAKE VALLEY FORMATION, DEV. ONATE FORMATION, ORD. VALMONT FORMATION AND ORD. MONTOYA FORMATION.
Comment (Names): CLAIMS OF THE HERMOSA SILVER MINING CO. REPORTED BY F.A. JONES, 1922
Comment (Production): THE PELICAN MINE WAS CREDITED WITH ABOUT 1000000 DOLLARS PRODUCTION VALUE, PRINCIPALLY IN SILVER, PRIOR TO 1932.
Comment (Commodity): FOR COMPLETE ORE MINERALOGY SEE JICHA, 1954 P766
Comment (Location): THE MAIN WORKINGS ARE LOCATED ABOUT 800 FT NORTHWEST OF THE OLD PALOMAS MINING CAMP.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN VEINS AND SHOOTS WITHIN FAULT AND FRACTURE ZONES, OR IN BEDS AND POCKETS ALONG GENTLY FOLDED BEDDING PLANES. MOST IMPORTANT ORE BODIES OCCUR BELOW AN IMPERMEABLE SHALE OR AT FAULT-FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS. 4 PATENTED CLAIMS COVERING 65.053 ACRES AND 15 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 295 ACRES.
References
Reference (Production): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 P95
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1922 HERMOSA SILVER MINES CO., PRIVATE REPORT, 26 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.95-P.96
Reference (Deposit): JICHA, H.L. JR., 1954 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY VOL 49, NO. 7, P.759-P.778
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1955 NMBMMR CIRC 33, 14 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): 5) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): 6) JAHNS, R.H., 1967 NMBMMR BULL 55, 6 PAGES
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