The Salinas Mine is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,949 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,949 Feet (2,118 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.30722, -106.56667
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Salinas Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Salinas Mine
Secondary: Crawford Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Salinas Peak District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1929
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A TRACE OF GOLD: WILLIAMS, 1966, REPORTED SAMPLES COLLECTED FOR BARITE CONTAINED 70 % BARIUM SULFATE AND FROM 5 % TO 16 % CALCIUM FLUORIDE.
Analytical Data: 0.8 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: 2.04 % CU
Analytical Data: LASKY, 1932, REPORTED ASSAY VALUES OF 21.6 % PB
Materials
Ore: Bismuthinite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bismutite
Gangue: Limonite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): WITHIN THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS ALONG FAULT CONTACT DIPPING EASTWARD. THE HANGING WALL IS INTRUSIVE ROCK AND THE FOOTWALL IS LIMESTONE. THE FAULT ZONE IS 5 FT TO 20 FT WIDE AND TRACEABLE FOR 3000 FT.
Comment (Workings): MINE WORKINGS WERE REPORTED TO BE ABOUT 1000 FT AND MOSTLY CONSISTING OF TUNNELS.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL TRENDS, STRUCTURE, TECTONIC SETTING AND GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE SALINAS PEAK DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Deposit): LASKEY,S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P81
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR 1965 BULL 87, P202, P371
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC 8307, P81
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