The Granite Gap Mines is a lead and silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,449 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: 4,449 Feet (1,356 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.07667, -108.97917
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Granite Gap Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Granite Gap Mines
Secondary: Vesley Mine
Secondary: Montgomery Mine: Worlds Fair Group
Secondary: Bob Montgomery Group
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: Worlds Fair
Secondary: Granite Gap
Secondary: May
Secondary: A. Bird
Secondary: Silver Star
Secondary: November
Secondary: Animas
Secondary: Bob Montgomery
Secondary: A.M.
Secondary: Outlook
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: San Simon 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: F. J. Vesley And R. A. Custer
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: R. A. Custer
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1950
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: Deposits Occur In Fractures And Breccia Zones Adjacent To Porphyry Dikes.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ABOUT $1.2 MILLION WORTH PRODUCED, $600,000 OF IT BEFORE 1906 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE VESLEY MINE AS SHOWN ON THE COTTON CITY TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): TEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1302 AND 2036 COVERING ABOUT 160 ACRES. IRREGULAR MASSES AND STRINGERS OF OXIDIZED ORE MINERALS IN HIGHLY FRACTURED PENNSYLVANIAN HORQUILLA LIMESTONE AND MISSISSIPPIAN ESCABROSA LIMESTONE NEAR DIKES OF GRANITE PORPHYRY.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1950'S CONSISTED OF ABOUT EIGHT ADITS AND SIX SHAFTS CONTAINING SEVERAL MILES OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, WINZES, RAISES AND STOPS. SURFACE WORKINGS INCLUDE NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P 330-331
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P 101-102
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., UNPUBLISHED DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARMSTRONG, A.K., SILBERMAN, M.L., TODD, V.R., HOGGATT, W.C., & CARTEN, R.B., 1978, GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES, CIRC. 158, 19P.
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1221
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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