The Lost Mine Claim is a gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Lost Mine Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lost Mine Claim
Secondary: Corn Shaft
Secondary: Spanish Tunnel
Secondary: Lafrenz Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Central District (Bayard District)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Type: L
Description: Owl-Hobo Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): PROBABLY LESS THAN $15,000 IN GOLD. ORE AVERAGES ABOUT 2.7 G/T AU. CORN SHAFT MOST PRODUCTIVE.
Comment (Development): ABUNDANT OLD WORKINGS, APPARENTLY KNOWN TO EARLY SPANISH. SPANISH TUNNEL PROBABLY WORKED BY EARLY SPANIARDS.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS ALONG SPLAYS AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE OWL-HOBO FAULT, CHIEFLY BETWEEN THE CRETACEOUS COLORADO FORMATION AND A CRETACEOUS QUARTZ DIORITE SILL
Comment (Workings): ABUNDANT WORKINGS, DEEPEST SHAFT IS 30 M. AND LONGEST ADIT IS 55 M.
Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD EASILY PANNED FROM DUMPS AND VEIN MATERIAL
References
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S. G., 1936, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 870, P. 127-130
Reference (Production): LASKY, S. G., 1936, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 870, P. 127-130.
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