The Greenback Mine is a tungsten mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,951 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.975, -106.58889
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Greenback Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Greenback Mine
Secondary: Stone Prospect
Secondary: Greenback Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Bismuth
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Grandview Canyon District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: G. E. Stone Jr. (1940'S)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1907
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: VEINLETS, PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Two Large Diorite-Syenite Dikes Trending East-West Enclose The Area. The Dikes Are About 1.5 Miles Apart.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Bismuthinite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): THE GREENBACK CLAIM WAS ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE PIONEER MINE (REPORTED BY LASKEY, 1932).
Comment (Deposit): VEINLETS AND PODS OF CHALCOPYRITE WITH SOME BISMUTH ORE AND SCHEELITE FOLLOW A NORTHWARD TRENDING SHEAR IN SCHISTOSE GREENSTONE NEAR THE TOP OF THE PRECAMBRIAN.
Comment (Workings): MAIN WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ABOUT 400 FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS FROM A SINGLE ADIT.
Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE GRANDVIEW CANYON DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR, 1965, BULL 87, P202, P243, P371
Reference (Deposit): LASKEY, G.T., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P85
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