The Excelsior Mine is a copper mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,226 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,226 Feet (1,593 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.45222, -106.58556
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Excelsior Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Excelsior Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Tellurium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Organ District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: White Sands Missile Range
Owner Name: G. W. Cameron
Years: 1929 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1929
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 AND SHOOTS
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Shaft Is Sunk On A Northeast-Striking Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetradymite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Production): DUNHAM, 1935, REPORTED THAT PRODUCTION VALUE WAS 60000 DOLLARS, PRINCIPALLY FROM COPPER ORES.
Comment (Deposit): SEVEN CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1896.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1935 CONSISTED OF A 175 FT. INCLINED SHAFT LEADING TO LARGE AND INACCESSIBLE STOPES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS OF THE EXCELSIOR MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-212
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 230-231
Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, P.30
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90
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