The Nitt Mine is a lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,749 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,749 Feet (2,057 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Lat, Long: 34.09583, -107.20611
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Nitt Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nitt Mine
Secondary: Patented Claim
Secondary: Silver Bell
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area: Magdalena 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Tri-Bullion Corp.
Years: 1961 -
Owner Name: W. R. Dobson And W. L. Dobson
Home Office: Magdalena, N.M.
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Year Last Production: 1961
Discovery Year: 1950
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, VEINS AND DISSEMINATED DEPOSITS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Mine Is Located Just East Of The North Striking Waldo Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Metamorphozed Shale And Limestone Near Contact With The Nitt Stock.
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REPORTED IN 1942 TO CONSIST OF 7 CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 115 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): REPORTED TO HAVE ABOUT 4000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, TWO MAIN LEVELS AT DEPTHS OF 200 FT. AND 300 FT., AND A FEW WINZES AND STOPED AREAS.
Comment (Location): GEODETIC, UTM AND CADASTRAL LOCATIONS ARE FOR THE NITT SHAFT WHICH IS ABOUT 1000 FEET WEST OF THE GRAPHIC MINE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 241-258
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 33-35
Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN, G.F., AND KOSCHMANN, A.H., 1942 USGS PP 200, 168 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 135-139
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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