The Commercial Mine is a silver, copper, and lead mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 33.55361, -105.82556
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Commercial Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Commercial Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1887
Secondary: Red Jim
Secondary: Delaware
Secondary: Trust
Secondary: Cinnamon
Secondary: Union Jack
Secondary: Bornite
Secondary: Privateer: Unpatented Claims
Secondary: Betty
Secondary: Stella
Secondary: Hat
Secondary: Cap
Secondary: Silver-Copper
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Nogal 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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. E. Wright, Carrizozo, N.M. C. E. Degner And Bryce Duggar
Years: 1959 -
Owner Name: Topeka Mining Association
Years: 1880 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
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: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AND UP TO 0.39% ZN.
Analytical Data: UP TO 0.04 OZ AU/TON
Analytical Data: 0.40 TO 12.20 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: 0.51 TO 2.2% PB
Analytical Data: MORE THAN 30 SAMPLES REPORTED IN USGS BULL 1453 RANGED FROM 0.13 TO 3.8% CU
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PURCHASED THAT PORTION OF THE PATENTED CLAIMS WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE WHITE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AREA.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO NORTHWEST-STRIKING ZONES OF INTENSELY ALTERED FRACTURED, AND SHEARED ROCK UP TO 20 FT. THICK AND CONTAINING LESSER QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS AS MUCH AS 5 FT. THICK. SEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, AND 392 COVERING 113.482 ACRES. FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1979 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS FROM 20 TO 100 FT. DEEP, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, AND NUMEROUS SMALL PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
References
Reference (Deposit): SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P. 75-78, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 74-75, PLATE 10
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