The Laura Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,627 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,627 Feet (1,715 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.85083, -108.98750
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Laura Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Laura Mine
Secondary: Laura Consolidated Quartz Mine Group, Claims Patented In 1901
Secondary: Laura
Secondary: Clara
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Steeple Rock 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: Summit Minerals, Inc.
Home Office: Box W, Duncan, Az. 85534
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1885
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur Along The North To Northwest Striking Laura Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE LAURA MINE AS SHOWN ON THE STEEPLE ROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1907, 1908, 1909, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942.
Comment (Deposit): ORE ZONE WAS REPORTED TO BE 1.5 FT. THICK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1067 COVERING 35.918 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 300 FT. SHAFT WITH TWO WORKING LEVELS AND ABOUT 700 FT. OF DRIFTS.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): GRIGGS, R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, 29 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 327-328
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 196
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