Rebel Chief Mine

The Rebel Chief Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Colfax county, New Mexico at an elevation of 10,098 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Rebel Chief Mine
Secondary: Chief Tunnel
Secondary: Virginia Hudson Tunnel
Secondary: Mountain Queen Tunnel

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Colfax
District: Baldy District: Baldy Mountain: Ute Creek Area

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Maxwell Land Grant

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1939
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PODS AND SHOOTS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Comment (Deposit): 6 CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED BY PETITT, 1946, CONSISTED OF TWELVE TUNNELS.

References

Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., SANTAFE, N.M., P. 138-151

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 92-96, P. 98-99

Reference (Deposit): METZGER, O.H., 1938 USBM IC-6987, P. 57

Reference (Deposit): PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946 NMBMMR OFR-15, P. 32-33

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): WANEK, A.A., AND OTHERS, 1964 USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-425

Reference (Deposit): PETITT, R.F., JR., 1966 NMGS GUIDEBOOK SEVENTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 66-75

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