Texas Main Mine

The Texas Main Mine is a gold mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,850 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Texas Main Mine
Secondary: Sunrise Mine
Secondary: Sunrise Group
Secondary: Texas Canyon Mine
Secondary: Texas Canyon Group
Secondary: Texas Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Tellurium
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Organ District: Organ Mountains: Texas Canyon Area

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: F. C. Schneider And George Hohenberger
Years: 1940 -

Owner Name: F. C. Schneider
Years: 1939 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1895
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: Mineralization Occurs Along A Shear Zone Striking N 76 E.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AND 1.57% CU.
Analytical Data: 13.87 OZ/ST AG
Analytical Data: ORE FROM MAIN VEIN ASSAYED 0.194 OZ/ST AU

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Tetradymite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS. TWO VEINS, MAIN AND CROSS; MAIN VEIN STRIKES N76E, 80 NW; CROSS STRIKES N55E FOLLOWS A RHYOLITE DIKE.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS LOCATED NEAR THE HEAD OF TEXAS CANYON ABOUT 1000 FEET EAST OF THE MILITARY RESERVATION BOUNDARY.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ALBRITTON AND NELSON, 1943, INDICATED THAT 6000 TO 7000 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 2 % CU, 0.24 OZ AU/TON, AND 3 OZ AG/TON COULD BE EXPECTED FROM THE VEIN; 1890-1900 AU WAS PRODUCED; 1910-1917 NO MINING DUE TO LACK OF FINANCING; 1927-1935 PROSPECTING CONTINUED.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1943 CONSISTED OF FOUR TUNNELS.

References

Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J. R., 1962, BISMUTH OF U.S.: USGS MR - 22

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-213

Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 203-205

Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, P. 17-19

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 76, P. 57

Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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