The Silver Contact Claims 1980's is a silver and gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,625 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,625 Feet (2,324 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 33.39972, -105.71167
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Silver Contact Claims 1980's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Contact Claims 1980's
Secondary: Silver Plume Mine 1930's
Secondary: Lucky and Return Claims 1900's.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Nogal District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Monjeau Mining Co.
Home Office: Ruidoso, N.M.
Years: 1982 -
Owner Name: Alto Mining And Milling Co. ; Blok Mines, Inc. And W.J. Krohne Alto, N.M.
Years: 1900 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THREE SELECT SAMPLES ASSAYED BY NMBMMR CONTAINED AN AVERAGE OF 160.32 OZ AG/TON AND 0.01 OZ AU/TON.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1982 CONSISTED THREE ADITS AND A VENTILATION SHAFT.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Development): MONJEAU MINING CO. HAD FOUR MEN AT WORK IN 1982 AND WAS LENGTHENING THE OLD ADIT IN THE BOTTOM OF KRAUS CANYON IN ORDER TO INTERSECT THE OLD UPPER WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED VEIN MATERIAL FROM 2 TO 7 FT. THICKALONG A NORTHEAST-TRENDING FAULT. 29 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P.171-172.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P.92.
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P.63-64.
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.
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