Great Combination Mine

The Great Combination Mine is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Bernalillo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,601 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Great Combination Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1913
Secondary: Great Combination
Secondary: Great Combination No. 1

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Bernalillo
District: Tijeras Canyon 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: W. A. Christy
Home Office: Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1950 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1955
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: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE ADIT IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 7 AS SHOWN ON THE TIJERAS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = ALBUQUERQUE 1:250000

Comment (Production): ELSTON REPORTED 3 OZ. OF GOLD AND 4 OZ. OF SILVER WAS PRODUCED IN 1952.

Comment (Deposit): 2 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1428 COVERING 39.382 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 255 FT. ADIT WITH RAISE TO A SMALL STOPED AREA WHICH WAS CAVED IN 1975.

References

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

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1975 NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 103

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

Reference (Production): ELSTON, W.E., 1967 NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 14

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