The Texas Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Texas Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Texas Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1900
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: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 1 MILE WEST OF CENTRAL
Comment (Production): SOME SILVER AND GOLD PRODUCED. REPORTEDLY THE LARGEST OPERATION IN THE DISTRICT IN THE LATE 1800'S.
Comment (Development): OPERATED DURING THE LATE 1800'S. MILL HAD CAPACITY OF 75 TONS PER DAY. IDLE SINCE 1900.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN TRENDING ENE IN CRETACEOUS QUARTZ DIORITE (PORPHYRY) SILL. VEIN IS STEEPLY DIPPING.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 120 M. DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 318.
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S. G., 1936, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 870, 144 P.
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