The San Andres Lead Mine is a barium-barite and lead mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,151 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,151 Feet (1,570 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite, Lead
Lat, Long: 32.73667, -106.56806
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San Andres Lead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: San Andres Lead Mine
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: San Andres Canyon District: San Andres Mountains; Lead Camp Canyon Area
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: White Sands Missile Range
Owner Name: Victoria Mining And Smelting Co.
Years: 1904 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Type: L
Description: Deposit Occurs As A Replacement Of Dolomite Adjacent To A N 15 W Striking Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUNHAM, 1935, ESTIMATED THE GALENA CONTENT WOULD NOT EXCEED 3 %.
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1935 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPENCUTS, AN INACCESSIBLE SHAFT AND A 400 FT. TUNNEL WITH A SHALLOW WINZE AND A SHORT CROSSCUT.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE LEAD MINE IN SECTION 18 AS SHOWN ON THE BEAR PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): SEVEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1904.
References
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 255-257
Reference (Deposit): BACHMAN, G.O., AND MEYERS, D.A., 1963 USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-374
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 13
Reference (Deposit): BACHMAN, G.O., AND MEYERS, D.A., 1969 USGS BULL 1271-C
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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