The Langston Mine is a zinc, lead, copper, and gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.8475, -108.86778
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Langston Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Langston Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1896
Secondary: Langston
Secondary: Pinos Altos
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Pinos Altos 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: Pinos Altos Mining Co.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: R. J. Holmquist
Home Office: Vanadium, N.M.
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1865
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D011744 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-865.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN TRENDING N-N15E AND DIPPING 61 NW IN ANDESITE BRECCIA. VEIN HAD SOME VERY RICH POCKETS. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 957 COVERING 10.88 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1929 CONSISTED OF A 218 FT. INCLINED SHAFT, AN ADIT MORE THAN 250 FT. LONG, AN ADIT CAVED AT 123 FT. FROM THE PORTAL AND AT LEAST 1200 FT. OF DRIFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 109-118
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 70-71
Reference (Deposit): JONES, W.R., MOORE, S.L., AND PRATT, W.P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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