Silver Tail Mine 1900's

The Silver Tail Mine 1900's is a silver, tungsten, and lead mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,549 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Tail Mine 1900's
Secondary: Silver Tungsten Prospects

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Kingston District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Dr. John B. Puckett
Home Office: 1501 Arizona No. 8b, El Paso, Tx.
Years: 1957 -

Owner Name: John H.Schoonmaker
Home Office: Kingston, N.M.
Years: 1956 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1950
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: PODS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Major Faults Strike North And Minor Faults Strike Northwest To Southwest.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Highly Altered Andesite Dike

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 3 SCHEELITE SAMPLES AVERAGED 1.46 % WO3.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Production): ABOUT 5 TONS OF ORE ASSAYING ABOUT 4 % WO3 WAS SHIPPED IN 1942 AND ABOUT 50 TONS OF ORE REPORTED TO CONTAIN ABOUT 3 % WO3 WAS SHIPPED IN 1955.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S

Comment (Commodity): GENERAL ANALYTICAL DATA FROM DALE AND MCKINNEY, 1959 P. 67

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF A LOWER ADIT ABOUT 360 FT. LONG, AN UPPER ADIT 365 FT. LONG, A 60 FT. CROSSCUT, TWO RAISES TOTALING 45 FT., A WINZE ABOUT 15 FT. DEEP, TWO SHORT ADITS, A SHALLOW SHAFT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR SHAFT SHOWN ON THE HILLSBORO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. LOCATED IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A NORTHWEST STRIKING ANDESITE DIKE WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT 1000 FT.WEST OF THE MAIN SHAFT. THE SCHEELITE OCCURS AS DISSEMINATIONS AND THIN VEINLETS IN AN ORE ZONE ABOUT 30 FT LONG, 60 FT. DEEP AND AVERAGING 8 FT. IN WIDTH. SILVER, LEAD, COPPER AND ZINC DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS AND BEDDING REPLACEMENTS IN DOLOMITE NEAR THE CONTACT WITH OVERLYING SHALE. 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

References

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 105-108

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B. AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 65-67

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): DALE AND MCKINNEY, 1959 P. 66-67

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