The Grand Central Mine is a lead, zinc, and gold mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,165 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,165 Feet (1,879 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Gold
Lat, Long: 35.46806, -106.11361
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Grand Central Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand Central Mine
Secondary: Claims: Cash Entry No. 99
Secondary: Fascination
Secondary: Revelation
Secondary: Adoration
Secondary: Mine: Grand Central Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
District: Cerrillos 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: Moline Mining And Milling Co.
Home Office: Cerrillos, N.M.
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1879
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
Type: R
Description: Faults And Shear Zones
Type: L
Description: Faults And Shear Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DISBROW AND STOLL (1957, P. 60) REPORT THAT THE ORE AVERAGED 4 OZS. AG/TON, 7% PB, 1870 ZN
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Production): IN 1890-1893, THE GRAND CENTRAL PRODUCED 4,800 TONS OF ORE THAT AVERAGED 4 OZS. AG/TON, 7% PB AND 18% ZN. IT WAS REPORTED TO BE THE LARGEST ORE PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT AT ONE TIME. (DISBROW AND STOLL, 1957, P. 60)
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN ON THE SURFACE IS TRACEABLE, DISCONTINUOUSLY FOR 500 FEET. IT ROUGHLY PARALLELS THE OTHER VEINS IN THE VICINITY. THE VISIBLE PARTS OF THE VEIN ARE THIN BANDS OF ALTERED MONZONITE PORPHYRY, STAINED WITH LIMONITE AND MANGANESE OXIDE. THE GRAND CENTRAL LIES JUST SOUTH OF THE ANCIENT TURQUOISE MINES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, PROSPECT PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS. A 500-FT TUNNEL BEARING N50W EXTENDS INTO THE HILL. AT 380 FEET FROM THE PORTAL THERE IS A DRIFT THAT EXTENDS 40 FEET NORTH ON AN IRON-STAINED SHEAR ZONE. A WINZE, SUNK AT AN ANGLE OF 80 DEGREES IN THE FLOOR OF THE DRIFT, IS REPORTED TO BE 500 FEET DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 164-167
Reference (Deposit): DISBROW, A.E., AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 60
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 30-33
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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