Little Granite Mine 1887

The Little Granite Mine 1887 is a silver and gold mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,051 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Little Granite Mine 1887
Secondary: Mima Mine: Claims In 1980
Secondary: Little Granite Nos. 1 To 6

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Black Range 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: Frank Turley
Home Office: Mesa, Az.
Years: 1980 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1980
Discovery Year: 1885
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

Not available

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

Analytical Data: 0.12 OZ AU/TON
Analytical Data: TWO SAMPLES ASSAYED AVERAGED 13.25 OZ AG/TON

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Acanthite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN ENTRANCE. LOCATED ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE BLACK RANGE ALONG TURKEY CREEK AND IN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR. OTHER METALS CONTENT NOT DETERMINED.

Comment (Workings): ORIGINAL WORKINGS CONSISTING OF 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS, A SHORT ADIT AND A FEW SHALLOW OPEN CUTS WERE CAVED IN 1980 AND RECENT WORK HAS ADVANCED ABOUT 175 FT. IN LENGTH.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS STRINGERS IN A VEIN RANGING FROM 1 FT. TO 3.5 FT. WIDE AND CAN BE TRACED IN SURFACE OUTCROPS FOR ABOUT 800 FT.. 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 120 ACRES.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

References

Reference (Deposit): REPORT ON MINES OF THE BLACK RANGE AND APACHE DISTRICTS, ATCHISON, TOPEKA, AND SANTA FE RAILWAY, 1887

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.81

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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