The Mina Grande Mine is a copper, zinc, gold, and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.85556, -108.22778
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Mina Grande Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mina Grande Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Pinos Altos 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
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
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN. ORE GRADE AVERAGED $8/TON AU AND $3/TON AG.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN (N14E,70W) IN HORNBLENDE QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 150 M. DEEP AND TUNNEL. (MINA GRANDE, MOGUL, AND KEPT WOMAN ARE THREE SHAFTS WITH PARTIALLY INTERCONNECTED UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OF ABOUT 500 M. MINA GRANDE AND MOGUL ARE CONNECTED)
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 301.
Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1911, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 470-B, P. 120.
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