Garnet Mine

The Garnet Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Otero county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,701 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Garnet Mine
Secondary: Providence Mine
Secondary: Shoo Fly Mine
Secondary: Fisk Mine: Garnet Group: Claims Pa Tented In 1891
Secondary: Providence
Secondary: James Fiske: Claims Patented In 1905
Secondary: Garnet
Secondary: Shoo Fly
Secondary: Ma Belle

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Otero
District: Orogrande 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Homan Arnold, El Paso, Tx. And St. Louis United Copper Mining Co.
Years: 1953 -

Owner Name: Q. Drunzer
Home Office: Orogrande, N.M.
Years: 1953 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1887
Year Last Production: 1953
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 591, 593, AND 1180 CO VERING A TOTAL OF 87.99 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF AN INACCESSIBLE, 485 FT. SHAFT WI TH ABOUT 400 FT. OF DRIFTS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, AN OPENCUT, AND NU MEROUS PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, P.G., AND CRADDOCK, C., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 82, P. 45, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): BEANE, R.E., JARAMILLO, L.E., AND BLOOM, M.S., 1975 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 26TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 151-156

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 1 87

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 101-102

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