Carlisle Mine

The Carlisle Mine is a silver, lead, zinc, copper, and gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,226 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Carlisle Mine
Secondary: Carlyle Mine: Claims Patented In 1887
Secondary: Carlisle
Secondary: Carlisle Millsite
Secondary: Homestead
Secondary: Columbia

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold

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: 1960 -

Owner Name: White And Tipton Trucking
Home Office: P.O. Box 162, Duncan, Ariz. 85534
Years: 1977 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1882
Year Last Production: 1960
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

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

Type: L
Description: In The Vicinity Of The Carlisle Shaft, The Carlisle Fault Strikes N45w. Southeast Of The Shaft The Fault Turns Due East And Northwest Of The Shaft It Turns Due West. Ore Shoots Are Localized By Changes In Strike And Dip Of The Veins, And Possibly By Changes In The Wall Rock.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Sericitization, Chloritization, Epidotization

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Selenite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Siderite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS PODS, BUNCHES AND IRREGULAR MASSES IN BRECCIA ALONG A NORTHWEST STRIKING FAULT. ORE SHOOTS ON THE 160 FT. LEVEL WERE 7 TO 8 FT. THICK AND 50 TO 200 FT. WIDE AND UP TO 400 FT. LONG. FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 279,280,283 AND 284 COVERING 63.03 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE LATE 1940'S CONSISTED OF A VERTICAL SHAFT ABOUT 520 FT. DEEP WITH WORKING LEVELS AT 160,300,400 AND 500 FT...A 200 FT. WINZE PROVIDES ACCESS TO LEVELS AT 600 AND 700 FT..

Comment (Deposit): LINDGREN,ET AL, 1910, P. 327, REPORTED PRODUCTION VALUE OF GOLD AND SILVER ORE FROM THE EARLY 1880'S TO 1897 AMOUNTED TO 3000000 DOLLARS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE STEEPLE ROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): MINE WAS IDLE 1887-1903, 1905-1912, 1914,1915,1921-1927, 1929-1935, 1952-1958.

References

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

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON,C.H., 1943 USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT 188, 11 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): RUSSELL,P.L., 1947 USBM RI-4073, 12 PAGES

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

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 180-188

Reference (Production): USGS BULL 1222-E.

Reference (Deposit): GRIGGS,R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, P. 1-25

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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