Greenback Mine

The Greenback Mine is a tungsten mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,951 feet.

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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

Name: Greenback Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Sierra

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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