The New Years Gift Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.84083, -108.99917
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New Years Gift Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Years Gift Mine
Secondary: New Years Gift Consolidated Quartz Mine Group: Claims Patented In 1899
Secondary: New Years Gift
Secondary: Jumbo
Secondary: Geronimo
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
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: Carlisle Development Co.
Home Office: Phoenix, Ariz.
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1941
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1915, 1919, 1940, AND 1941.
Comment (Deposit): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1013 COVERING 47.79 ACRES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLATE 1 OF USGS BULL 1222-E.
Comment (Workings): THE MAIN SHAFT IS REPORTED TO BE 250 FT. DEEP.
References
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
Reference (Deposit): GRIGGS, R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, 29 PAGES
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