Galena King Mine

The Galena King Mine is a fluorine-fluorite and lead mine located in Bernalillo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Galena King Mine
Secondary: Claims of the Octoroon Group
Secondary: Octoroon
Secondary: Nellie
Secondary: Octoroon No. 1
Secondary: Octoroon No. 2
Secondary: Octoroon No. 3

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Bernalillo
District: Tijeras Canyon District: Manzanita Mountains Area

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: Octoroon Mining Co.
Years: 1930 -

Owner Name: Galena King Mining Co.
Years: 1925 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1925
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: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Several Northeast-Striking Faults Are Present Near The Mine.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2.1 % CACO3.,
Analytical Data: 12.8% BASO4
Analytical Data: 8.8 % SI02
Analytical Data: SAMPLES FROM DUMP MATERIAL AT THE MINE CONTAINED 69.7 % CAF2

Materials

Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Production): ELSTON REPORTED 0.2 OZ OF GOLD PRODUCED IN 1916 AND WILLIAMS REPORTED ONE RAIL CAR OF FLUORSPAR PRODUCED A FEW YEARS LATER. MINE WAS REPORTED TO PRODUCE IN 1910, 1916 AND 1925.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1927 TO CONSIST OF 2 ADITS WITH ABOUT 500 FT OF DRIFTS AND 150 FT WINZE. THE MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY A 300-400 FT ADIT AND A 300 FT CROSSCUT, WHICH LATER FOLLOWED THE VEIN FOR 200 ADDITIONAL FT. A 100 FT DEEP WINZE WAS SUNK NEAR THE CONTACT OF THE CROSSCUT WITH THE VEIN.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D009816 BY RONALD G. WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF FISSURE VEINS RANGING FROM A FEW INCHES TO 5 FT. THICK IN A NORTHEAST TO NORTH TRENDING BRECCIA ZONE CONTAINING NUMEROUS CAVITIES. FLUORITE COATS AND CEMENTS THE BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. ALSO THERE ARE SMALL AMOUNTS OF BARITE, QUARTZ, CALCITE, AND GALENA. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS AND THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1849 COVERING 82.685 ACRES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS ON THE OCTOROON CLAIM. PROPERTY IS PATENTED AND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ISLETA INDIAN RESERVATION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WILLIAMS, 1966, P. 13.

References

Reference (Deposit): LADOO, R.B., 1927 USBM BULL 244, P. 131

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 42-43

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 13

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967 NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 12-16

Reference (Deposit): MYERS, D.A., AND MCKAY, E.J., 1970 USGS MAP GQ-886

Reference (Deposit): FULP, M.S., AND WOODWARD, L.A., 1981 NMGS NEW MEXICO GEOLOGY, VOL 3, NO 3, P. 33-42

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): ELSTON, W.E., 1967 NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 14; WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 13; NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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