The Baltic Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 32.78, -108.30333
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Baltic Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Baltic Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: Baltic
Secondary: Tight Squeeze
Secondary: Grand Center
Secondary: Mary Belle
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Chloride Flat 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Henry, Roy
Years: 1939 -
Owner Name: D. B. White
Years: 1939 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Year Last Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1872
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1870'S
Comment (Deposit): FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1078, 1278 AND 1424 COVERING 43.993 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1938 CONSISTED OF A 126 FT. SHAFT WITH ABOUT 800 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE BALTIC MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 301-304
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 73-76
Reference (Deposit): CUNNINGHAM, J.E., 1974 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-30
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