The Albemarle Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Sandoval county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,680 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,680 Feet (2,341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.74639, -106.48444
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Albemarle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Albemarle Mine
Secondary: Mine: Altoona
Secondary: Patented Claims 1901: Albemarle
Secondary: Ontario
Secondary: Huron
Secondary: Pamlico
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sandoval
District: Cochiti 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: Miss Effie Jenks
Home Office: Santa Fe, N.M.
Owner Name: Navajo Gold Mining Co.
Home Office: Boston, Ma.
Years: 1902 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stockwork
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1894
Year Last Production: 1902
Discovery Year: 1894
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: OTHER: VEINS
Form: OTHER: VEINS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Numerous Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE "ALBEMARLE SITE" LOCATED ON THE CANADA QUADRANGLE. NO MINE OR MILLSITES ARE MARKED ON THE MAP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): LINDGREN (ET AL., 1910) REPORTS PRODUCTION FROM THE ALBEMARLE MINE TOTALLED $667,500 FROM 1899 TO 1902.
Comment (Development): THE ALBEMARLE MINE HAS NOT BEEN WORKED SINCE 1902.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT, 8 LEVELS, A 90-FT WINZE BELOW LEVEL 8, AND 5000 FT OF DRIFTS. THE TOTAL DEPTH OF WORKINGS WAS 715 FT. THE MAJOR WORKINGS WERE LOCATED ABOVE THE FIFTH (325-FOOT) LEVEL.
Comment (Deposit): THE ALBEMARLE MINE WAS THE LARGEST AND DEEPEST MINE IN THE COCHITI DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL EAST-WEST FAULTS CAUSE DISPLACEMENTS UP TO 4 FEET. THE FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS-ALBEMARLE, HURON, ONTARIO, AND PAMLICO, COVER AN AREA OF 77.20 ACRES. THE MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER IS 997 A,B,C, AND D, AND THE PATENT NUMBER IS 34559.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.S., R.L. SMITH AND R.A. BAILEY, 1961, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 12TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 139-144
Reference (Deposit): BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 131-139
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 17-22
Reference (Deposit): KUDO, A.M., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 283-287
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 150-162
Reference (Deposit): BUNDY, W.M., 1954, M.A. THESIS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Reference (Deposit): BUNDY, W.M., 1958, NMBMMR BULL 59, P. 13-16
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