Grant County Mine

The Grant County Mine is a zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Grant County Mine

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro-Hanover District; Central 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: Mueller Industries
Years: 1990 - 1993

Owner Name: Grant County Copper Co. , Peru Mining Co. , U.S. Smelting, Refining An
Years: 1919 - 1927

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE SANTA RITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1939 CONSISTED OF TWO SHAFTS, TWO ADITS AND ABOUT 800 FT. OF DRIFTING.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM THE GRANT COUNTY MINE IS INCLUDED WITH THE PRODUCTION FROM THE PEWABIC MINE AND CANNOT BE REPORTED SEPARATELY. NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA INDICATES ABOUT 50000 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 9.75 % ZN WAS MINED FROM THE GRANT COUNTY MINE PRIOR TO 1939. COBRE MINING GIVES TOTAL PRODUCTION AS 60,683 ST.

References

Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, A.C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 66-69

Reference (Deposit): HERNON, R.M., JONES, W.R., AND MOORE, S.L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306

Reference (Deposit): JONES, W.R., HERNON, R.M., AND MOORE, S.L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): HILLESLAND, L.L., WORTHINGTON, W.T., AND HAWKINS, R.B., 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NM, IN GUIDEBOOK TO FIELD TRIP 10 AND 13, TYRONE, PINOS ALTOS, CHINO, CONTINENTAL, CENTRAL DISTRICT, NEW MEXICO: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 2.

Reference (Production): (1) HILLESLAND ET. AL. (1994)

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