The Cincinnati Mine is a lead, silver, and gold mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,551 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,551 Feet (1,387 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 31.90889, -107.77056
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Cincinnati Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cincinnati Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Tres Hermanas District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Western Minerals Co. Milton Mining Co., Columbus, N.M.
Years: 1925 -
Owner Name: Golden Cross And Eagle Co.
Years: 1900 -
Production
Year: 1951
Time Period: 1919 To 1951
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade 20 To 60% Caf2.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1925
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic Alteration.
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Willemite
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF THE MAIN SHAFT WHICH WAS 3 00 TO 500 FT. DEEP, AN 80 FT. SHAFT, MANY SHALLOW PITS, AND SEVERAL SM ALL OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Production): LINDGREN, 1909, CREDITS THE CINCINNATI MINE WITH 100000 DOLLARS IN PRODUCTION VALUE PRIOR TO 1904.
Comment (Deposit): TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1950.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1909 USGS BULL 380, P. 125
Reference (Production): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 92-293
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 55-59, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): BALK, ROBERT, 1962 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-16
Reference (Deposit): DORAIBABU, P., AND PROCTOR, P.D., 1972 NMBMMR TARGET EXPLORATION RE PORT E-4, 9 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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