The Montezuma Mines is a silver, lead, and copper mine located in Sandoval county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,099 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
Elevation: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 35.30944, -106.40417
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Montezuma Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montezuma Mines
Secondary: Claims:Montezuma Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sandoval
District: Placitas District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: San Antonio De Las Huertas Grant
Owner Name: Wipara Mining Co.
Home Office: P.O. Box 6, Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1750
Year Last Production: 1926
Discovery Year: 1750
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: R
Description: Sandia Uplift-East Side Faults
Type: L
Description: Las Huertas Fault And Several Minor Faults Off Of The Las Huertas Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gossan Is Found With Drusy Quartz In Vein Material Found On The Dumps.
Rocks
Name: Mica Schist
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Mica Schist
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Name: Mica Schist
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): KELLEY AND NORTHRUP (1975,P.100) GIVE AN EXCELLENT DESCRIPTION OF THE LAS HUERTAS FAULT AND DISPLACEMENTS BUT GIVE NO DESCRIPTION OF THE VEIN SYSTEM ITSELF.
Comment (Commodity): THERE IS NO EXPLANATION OF WHICH PARTICULAR, COPPER MINERALS WERE FOUND.
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE CENTER SHAFT. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. THERE IS NO UTM GRID IN THIS AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE SHAFTS DUG WITHIN 200 FEET OF EACH OTHER SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTING AND STOPING EXTEND FROM THE SHAFTS. THE DUMPS ARE RATHER LARGE.
Comment (Geology): THE PRECAMBRIAN MICA SCHIST HAS NO FORMAL NAME. THE VERTICAL SEPERATION ON THE LAS HUERTAS FAULT MAY BE 2,000 FT. THE WALL ROCKS ARE CONSIDERABLY BROKEN AND DRAGGED.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1700'S
Comment (Development): THE FIRST REFERENCE TO MODERN DAY OPERATIONS CAME IN 1879 IN AN ARTICLE IN E&MJ STATING THERE WERE 5 CLAIMS COVERING TWO LODES.
References
Reference (Production): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P.29, TABLE 8
Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 27, MAY 5, 1879, P.358
Reference (Deposit): ELLIS, R.W., 1922, UNM BULL 108, GEOL. SER. 3, NO.4, P.40
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P.29-30
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C. AND S.A. NORTHRUP, 1975, NMBMMR MEM 29, P.100-101
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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