Mineral Mountain Mine

The Mineral Mountain Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,324 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Mineral Mountain Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: San Simon 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: National Gold And Silver Mining Co.
Years: 1919 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1904
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

Not available

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: Malachite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT. INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Deposit): NO PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE. MINE CLOSED ABOUT 1904 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE VANAR TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN. ORE CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 686 G/T AG.

Comment (Deposit): 25 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1919. SMALL VEINS TRENDING ENE IN CRETACEOUS OR TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P. 331

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 57, P. 103

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., AND THORMAN, C.H., 1980 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1220

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W. E., 1963, NMBMMR OPEN-FILE REPORT, 781 P.

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