The Silver Cell Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,549 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,549 Feet (1,996 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 32.84139, -108.21861
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Silver Cell Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Cell Mine
Secondary: Silver Cell Group: Claims
Secondary: Silver Cell
Secondary: Mangus
Secondary: Black Tarier
Secondary: Climax
Secondary: Keystone
Secondary: Wedge
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Pinos Altos 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: Juanita Langer Wilkens
Years: 1954 -
Owner Name: Silver Cell Mining Co.
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1890
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: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D011742 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT ON THE SILVER CELL CLAIM.
Comment (Production): ACCURATE PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1914 TO 1917, 1922, 1925, 1934, 1935 AND 1953. ABOUT $100,000 IN AG BY 1903. GRADE REPORTEDLY RANGED UP TO 8000 OZ/TON AG.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A 400 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH ABOUT 800 FT. OF DRIFT AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS.
Comment (Deposit): NARROW VEIN TRENDING N AND DIPPING 75 E IN DIORITE PORPHYRY. SIX CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1069 COVERING 80.201 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): BLOOD, C. C., 1916 MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, VOL 45, NO 16, P. 659
Reference (Deposit): JONES, W. R., MOORE, S. L., AND PRATT, W. P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS: SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO PRINTING COMPANY, P. 49-51.
Reference (Production): ESTIMATE FROM USGS PP 68, P. 301. ACCURATE PRODUCTION FROM AGGREGATED USBM RECORDS.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 301
Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 121
Reference (Deposit): BUSH, F. V., 1915 MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, VOL 42, NO 4, P. 167
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