Apache Trail Mine

The Apache Trail Mine is a copper, silver, gold, and bismuth mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Apache Trail Mine
Secondary: Claim
Secondary: Apache Trail

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Charles Russel, Tyrone, N.M. And Elsie R. Wiley, Los Angeles, Ca. . State Of New Mexico
Years: 1962 -

Owner Name: C. M. Russell
Home Office: Tyrone, Nm.
Years: 1940 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1890
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur Along The N 80 W Striking Apache Trail Fault.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization Of The Granite And Chloritization Of The Diabase.

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Specularite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A QUARTZ-SPECULARITE VEIN UP TO 8 FT. THICK AND 2000 FT. IN LENGTH. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2016 COVERING ABOUT 20 ACRES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE WHITE SIGNAL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): GILLERMAN, 1964, REPORTED FIVE CARLOADS OF COPPER ORE CONTAINING 5 % CU AND 5 OZ AG/TON WERE SHIPPED BETWEEN 1915 AND 1920, AND 50 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 1.5 OZ AU/TON AND 4 % BI WAS SHIPPED IN THE 1920'S.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS IN THE EARLY 1950'S CONSISTED OF A 200 FT. SHAFT WITH 265 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS ON THE 100 FT. LEVEL. THE SHAFT WAS INACCESSIBLE BELOW THE 100 FT. LEVEL. SURFACE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ABOUT EIGHT SMALL OPEN PITS.

References

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

Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.G., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-L, P. 341-344

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 87-89

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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