The Rose Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,925 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,925 Feet (1,806 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 32.71333, -108.51083
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Rose Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rose Mine
Secondary: Claim Patented In 1888
Secondary: Rose
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Black Hawk District: Burro Mountains; Bullard Peak Area
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. J. Mccabe, Pasadena, Ca. And E. C. Meade, San Francisco, Ca.
Years: 1962 -
Owner Name: R. Johnson
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1920 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Year Last Production: 1920
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
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur Along A Northeast Striking Fault And An East-West Striking Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Nickel Skutterudite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Skutterudite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Acanthite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Niccolite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION VALUE FOR SILVER ORES PRODUCED SINCE 1881 HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AS 140000 DOLLARS.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS TWO VEINS WHICH RANGE FROM 2.5 TO 4.5 FT. THICK. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 458 COVERING 14.10 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 200 FT. SHAFT WITH FOUR WORKING LEVELS, A 100 FT. SHAFT WITH TWO LEVELS, TWO SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 324-325
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., AND WHITEBREAD, D.H., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-K, P. 283-311
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 142-146, 149, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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