The Slate Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Slate Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Slate Mine
Secondary: Slate Group Patented In 1950
Secondary: Claims: Slate
Secondary: Slate Nos. 1 and 2
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Central District; Fierro-Hanover District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Smelting, Refining, And Mining Co. , U.V. Industries , Sharon Steel Co
Years: 1941 - 1979
Production
Year: 1947
Time Period: -1947
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.006 Opt Au, 0.63 Opt Ag, 0.12% Cu, 2.71% Pb, 7.97% Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1930
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
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Slate Fault, Owl-Hobo Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEINS ALONG THE SLATE FAULT, A FOOTWALL SPUR OF THE OWL-HOBO FAULT, THAT TRENDS ENE AND DIPS 70SE CUTTING THE CRETACEOUS COLORADO FORMATION AND A CRETACEOUS QUARTZ DIORITE SILL. VEIN IS 8-10 FEET WIDE.
Comment (Workings): 30 M. SHAFT, 45 M. OF DRIFTS ON 30 M. LEVEL
Comment (Production): CARBONATE ORE IS ARGENTIFEROUS
References
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S. G., 1936, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 870, P. 132-133.
Reference (Deposit): HILLESLAND, L.L., ET. AL., 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINERNTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: COBRE MINING CO., UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 22 P.
Reference (Production): LASKY, S. G., 1936, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 870, P. 132-133. HILLESLAND, ET. AL. (1994), P. 2.
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