The Carnahan Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,320 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,320 Feet (2,231 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.23889, -106.21806
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Carnahan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carnahan Mine
Secondary: Mine: Lincoln-Lucky
Secondary: Claims: At Least 6
Secondary: Possibly Up To 14 Or 15
Secondary: Patented Claims
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
District: New Placers 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: C. F. Williams And Associates
Home Office: 110 Camino De La Pena, Santa Fe, N.M.
Years: 1958 -
Owner Name: Tom B. Scartaccini,
Home Office: 420 Amherst Dr., Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPE
Structure
Type: R
Description: A Steeply-Dipping East-Trending Fault
Type: L
Description: East-Trending, Steeply Dipping Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Alabandite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): THERE ARE NO OTHER PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 3000-FT INCLINED ADIT, A 500-FT VERTICAL MAIN SHAFT AND A FEW SMALLER SHAFTS. THE LOWER WORKINGS ARE FLOODED BUT THE ORE IS SAID TO HAVE TERMINATED AGAINST A TRANSVERSE FAULT IN THE BOTTOM LEVEL. THE ADIT IS NOW CAVED 1300 FEET FROM THE PORTAL.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN A LIMESTONE REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT OF PIPELIKE SHAPE, ELLIPTICAL IN CROSS-SECTION, MEASURING ABOUT 60 FEET ACROSS IN THE WIDEST PLACES. IT FOLLOWS A PARTICULAR BED DOWNDIP ABOUT 3000 FEET. THE PIPE FORMED AT THE INTERSECTION OF A FAVORABLE BED AND A STEEPLY DIPPING, EASTWARD-TRENDING FAULT. THE PIPE IS SAID TO HAVE WIDENED NEAR NORTH-TRENDING CROSS-FAULTS AND IN OTHER PLACES IT PINCHED DOWN TO A NARROW VEIN. A COMPLEX MANGANIFEROUS GOSSAN WAS FOUND NEAR THE SURFACE. THE PRIMARY MINERALS ARE COARSELY CRYSTALLINE SPHALERITE AND ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA, A LITTLE PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND ALABANDITE IN A COARSE QUARTZ-CALCITE GANGUE.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM ELSTON'S (1967) DIRECTIONS. THERE IS NO UTM GRID IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
References
Reference (Production): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 42
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 41-42
Reference (Deposit): ATKINSON, W.W., JR., 1961, NMBMMR BULL 77
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 170-175
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