The Naiad Queen Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,624 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,624 Feet (2,019 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 32.84806, -108.02389
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Naiad Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Naiad Queen Mine
Secondary: Patented Claim
Secondary: Naaid Queen
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Georgetown 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: Rogers And Hughes
Years: 1940 -
Owner Name: Frank Rogers
Home Office: Santa Rita, N. M.
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Year Last Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1866
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ESTIMATE REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION FOR THE GEORGETOWN DISTRICT. THE THREE LARGEST PRODUCERS WERE THE NAIAD QUEEN,THE COMMERCIAL AND THE MACGREGOR MINES.
Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 47 COVERING 20.66 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A 600 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 FT. INTERVALS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFT. THE SHAFT WAS REPORTED AS INACCESSIBLE IN 1944.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE NAIAD QUEEN MINE.
References
Reference (Production): JONES, F. A., 1904, P. 45.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F. A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 45
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68P. 3 18-319
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 67
Reference (Deposit): HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306
Reference (Deposit): JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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