The Great Combination Mine is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Bernalillo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 35.02444, -106.44778
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Great Combination Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Combination Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1913
Secondary: Great Combination
Secondary: Great Combination No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Bernalillo
District: Tijeras Canyon 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: W. A. Christy
Home Office: Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1955
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE ADIT IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 7 AS SHOWN ON THE TIJERAS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = ALBUQUERQUE 1:250000
Comment (Production): ELSTON REPORTED 3 OZ. OF GOLD AND 4 OZ. OF SILVER WAS PRODUCED IN 1952.
Comment (Deposit): 2 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1428 COVERING 39.382 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 255 FT. ADIT WITH RAISE TO A SMALL STOPED AREA WHICH WAS CAVED IN 1975.
References
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967 NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 12-16
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1975 NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 103
Reference (Deposit): FULP, M.S., AND WOODWARD, L.A., 1981 NMGS NEW MEXICO GEOLOGY, VOL 3, NO 3, P. 33-42
Reference (Production): ELSTON, W.E., 1967 NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 14
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