The Emporia Mine 1880 is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 33.42556, -107.74917
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Emporia Mine 1880 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Emporia Mine 1880
Secondary: Claim Patented In 1891
Secondary: Emporia
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Black Range 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: Ivanhoe Mining Co.
Home Office: Los Angeles, Ca.
Years: 1956 -
Owner Name: Mcdaniel Investment Co.
Home Office: Box 206 Monticello, N.M.
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Major North-Striking Fault Zone Between The Black Range To The West And A Well-Defined Graben Valley To The East Occurs Along The General Trend Of Mineralization.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): MINES ON WISCONSIN CREEK, INDIAN CR., MILL CR., AND RAMSHORN CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Production): 1982 USGS PRODUCTION ESTIMATE: $1, 500, 000
Comment (Production): APPROXIMATE VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1880 TO 1932 WAS REPORTED TO AMOUNT TO 60000 DOLLARS.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A VEIN REPORTED TO REACH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 40 FT. HIGH-GRADE SEAMS AND QUARTZ VEINLETS RANGE FROM 12 IN. TO 20 IN. WIDE AND ONE ORE SHOOT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN 140 FT. IN LENGTH. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 719 COVERING 13.71 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF A 120 FT. SHAFT WITH A 150 FT. DRIFT TO THE SOUTH AND ABOUT 80 FT OF DRIFT NORTH.
Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS IN LODE MINES, PITS AND TRENCHES ON FE AND CR DEPOSITS.
Comment (Location): LOCATED 0.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE OLD TOWN OF GRAFTON IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT.
Comment (Deposit): DISTRICT WAS STEADY PRODUCER THROUGH 1952. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): QUARTZ VEINS DISCOVERED 1864, MILLS BUILT 1865. STEADY PRODUCTION THRU 1952. CHROMITE DISCOVERED AROUND 1930, FE DEPOSITS EXAMINED 1940'S-1950'S.
References
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 72-80
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-264
Reference (Production): G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P.78
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1955 NMGS SIXTH FIELD CONFERENCE, GEOLOGIC MAP OF SIERRA COUNTY REGION, N.M.
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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