Contact Group

The Contact Group is a silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Contact Group
Secondary: Contact Mine
Secondary: Virtue Mine: Contact Vein
Secondary: Wyman Vein
Secondary: Casino Vein: Claims Patented In 1916
Secondary: Contact
Secondary: Big Casino
Secondary: Little Casino
Secondary: Virtue
Secondary: Monumental
Secondary: Delaney
Secondary: Belvieu
Secondary: Copper Sulphide
Secondary: Mammoth
Secondary: Golden Sheaf

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Burro Mountains District: Little Burro 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Mrs. E.S. Patton And C.R. Altman
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: L. Yacomo And M. Fuller
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1944 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1944
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: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Wad
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Clay

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1927, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, AND 1953.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS AND PODS ALONG NORTHEAST STRIKING FAULTS AND FRACTURES RANGING FROM 5 TO 14 FT. THICK. TEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1543 COVERING 193.819 ACRES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1037.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 225 FT. SHAFT, A 170 FT. SHAFT, A 120 FT. WINZE, A 500 FT. ADIT, AT LEAST 200 FT. OF DRIFTS, NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS, SEVERAL SMALL OPENCUTS AND A FEW CAVED SHALLOW SHAFTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470-C, P. 6-9

Reference (Deposit): RUSSEL, P.L., 1946 USBM RI-3969, 5 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 28-29

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 106-110

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-1037

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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