The Cora Miller Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 32.85389, -108.53611
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Cora Miller Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cora Miller Mine
Secondary: Cora Mitchell Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Telegraph District: Northern Burro Mountains; Mangas Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: C. T. Ward
Years: 1941 -
Owner Name: Harvey Foster.
Home Office: Cliff,N.M
Years: 1962 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
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
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION SHOWN ON THE CLIFF TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1920, 1940, AND 1941.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A SHAFT AND TWO ADITS.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS AS A VEIN FILLING A NORTHEAST TRENDING FISSURE AND RANGING FROM 1 TO 5 FT. THICK.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN,W.,GRATION,L.C.,AND GORDON,C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 326
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN,E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 151-153, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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