Nitt Mine

The Nitt Mine is a lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,749 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Nitt Mine
Secondary: Patented Claim
Secondary: Silver Bell

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area: Magdalena 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: Tri-Bullion Corp.
Years: 1961 -

Owner Name: W. R. Dobson And W. L. Dobson
Home Office: Magdalena, N.M.
Years: 1961 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Year Last Production: 1961
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, VEINS AND DISSEMINATED DEPOSITS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Mine Is Located Just East Of The North Striking Waldo Fault.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Metamorphozed Shale And Limestone Near Contact With The Nitt Stock.

Rocks

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

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): REPORTED IN 1942 TO CONSIST OF 7 CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 115 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): REPORTED TO HAVE ABOUT 4000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, TWO MAIN LEVELS AT DEPTHS OF 200 FT. AND 300 FT., AND A FEW WINZES AND STOPED AREAS.

Comment (Location): GEODETIC, UTM AND CADASTRAL LOCATIONS ARE FOR THE NITT SHAFT WHICH IS ABOUT 1000 FEET WEST OF THE GRAPHIC MINE.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 241-258

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 33-35

Reference (Deposit): LOUGHLIN, G.F., AND KOSCHMANN, A.H., 1942 USGS PP 200, 168 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 135-139

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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