The Telegraph Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,951 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,951 Feet (1,509 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 32.78028, -108.62111
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Telegraph Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Telegraph Mine
Secondary: Claim
Secondary: Tecumseh
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Telegraph District: Burro Mountains
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Telegraph Mining Co.
Years: 1880 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Discovery Year: 1881
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Major Faults Strike Northwest And Minor Cross Faults Strike Northeast.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE CLIFF TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IS 2 TO 3 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS, A 50 FT. ADIT AND A 200 FT. ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES,F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS,THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 70-72
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON,L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 325-326
Reference (Deposit): HEWITT,C.H.,1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 115
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 160
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