Timber Peak Mine 1890's

The Timber Peak Mine 1890's is a gold and silver mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,576 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Timber Peak Mine 1890's
Secondary: Open Cut Mine 1930's: Open Cut Group: Big Chief Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area: Water Canyon 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: Roy Stendel
Years: 1941 -

Owner Name: Roy Stendel And Alister Mactavish
Home Office: Magdalena, N.M.
Years: 1941 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1945
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur At The Intersection Of The East-Trending South Canyon Fault And A North-Northwest-Trending Fault.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitic Alteration

Rocks

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

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): REPORTED BY OWNERS TO CONSIST OF NUMBEROUS SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, TUNNELS AND DRIFTS TOTALING ABOUT 2000 FT. OF WORKINGS IN 1940.

Comment (Location): LOCATED ON UNSURVEYED NATIONAL FOREST. SECTION LINE PROJECTED.

References

Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 126-127

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P.54

Reference (Deposit): KREWEDL, D.A., 1974 NMBMMR OFR-44, 139 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): PETTY, D.M., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-106, P. 142-147

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