The Steins Pass is a silver and gold mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.29167, -109.01667
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Steins Pass MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Steins Pass
Secondary: Kimball
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Steins Pass
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR ALONG THE DIKES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Peloncillo Range-Trends N
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Metamorphism, Silicification, Oxidation, Propylitic
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: CLOSE TO US HIGHWAY 80 AND SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
Comment (Workings): MINES: MINERAL MOUNTAIN, LIZZIE PAUL, JOHNNY BULL; COPPER QUEEN
Comment (Deposit): VEINS FOLLOW SILICIFIED BRECCIATED ZONES IN THE COUNTRY ROCK. ORES ARE HIGHLY OXIDIZED. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D003393 BY D.H. RICHTER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS COMBINED SAN SIMON DISTRICT AND STEINSPASS DISTRICT (SEE RECORD NO. W006783).
Comment (Location): EAST SIDE OF SAN SIMON VALLEY, SOUTH WEST SIDE OF PELONCILLO MTNS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON, AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 331-332
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954, N. MEX. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 39, P. 88-89.
Reference (Deposit): 1910 COMPILE LINDGRE
Reference (Production): ANDERSON, 1957
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