The Timber Peak Mine 1890's is a gold and silver mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,576 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,576 Feet (2,614 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.98667, -107.14500
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Timber Peak Mine 1890's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Timber Peak Mine 1890's
Secondary: Open Cut Mine 1930's: Open Cut Group: Big Chief Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area: Water Canyon 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: Roy Stendel
Years: 1941 -
Owner Name: Roy Stendel And Alister Mactavish
Home Office: Magdalena, N.M.
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1945
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 At The Intersection Of The East-Trending South Canyon Fault And A North-Northwest-Trending Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitic Alteration
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): REPORTED BY OWNERS TO CONSIST OF NUMBEROUS SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, TUNNELS AND DRIFTS TOTALING ABOUT 2000 FT. OF WORKINGS IN 1940.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON UNSURVEYED NATIONAL FOREST. SECTION LINE PROJECTED.
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 126-127
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P.54
Reference (Deposit): KREWEDL, D.A., 1974 NMBMMR OFR-44, 139 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): PETTY, D.M., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-106, P. 142-147
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