The Name Unknown is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Name Unknown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Name Unknown
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Lone Mountain District (Southeast Of)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FRACTURES IN MISSISSIPPIAN LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, OPEN PITS, AND OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED IN 1920. WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BY SHAFTS AND OPEN PITS UNTIL LATE 1940'S.
References
Reference (Deposit): PRATT, W. P., 1967, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1241E, 91 P
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