New Years Gift Mine

The New Years Gift Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

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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

Name: New Years Gift Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Grant

Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 32.84083, -108.99917

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New Years Gift Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: New Years Gift Mine
Secondary: New Years Gift Consolidated Quartz Mine Group: Claims Patented In 1899
Secondary: New Years Gift
Secondary: Jumbo
Secondary: Geronimo


Commodity

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


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Steeple Rock 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: Carlisle Development Co.
Home Office: Phoenix, Ariz.
Years: 1940 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1941
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: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1915, 1919, 1940, AND 1941.

Comment (Deposit): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1013 COVERING 47.79 ACRES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON PLATE 1 OF USGS BULL 1222-E.

Comment (Workings): THE MAIN SHAFT IS REPORTED TO BE 250 FT. DEEP.


References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 327-328

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-15

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 196

Reference (Deposit): GRIGGS, R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, 29 PAGES


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