The Sherman Mine 1880's is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 32.94389, -107.54389
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Sherman Mine 1880's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sherman Mine 1880's
Secondary: Sherman Group
Secondary: Caballero Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Hillsboro District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: B. Caballero
Home Office: Hillsboro, N.M.
Years: 1941 -
Owner Name: William Abbott
Home Office: Hillsboro, N.M.
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1885
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
Type: L
Description: The Vein Is Part Of A System Of Radial Veins Associated With Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitized Andesite
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A VEIN OF FRACTURED ANDESITE AVERAGING 4 FT. IN WIDTH AND CONTAINING IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED SMALL STRINGERS OF ORE-BEARING QUARTZ.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS IN 1934 REPORTED TO CONSIST OF 400 FT. OR MORE OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WHICH WERE EITHER CAVED OR FLOODED.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 125-141, P. 156-157
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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