Cora Miller Mine

The Cora Miller Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cora Miller Mine
Secondary: Cora Mitchell Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Telegraph District: Northern Burro Mountains; Mangas Creek Area

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: C. T. Ward
Years: 1941 -

Owner Name: Harvey Foster.
Home Office: Cliff,N.M
Years: 1962 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
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

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION SHOWN ON THE CLIFF TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1920, 1940, AND 1941.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A SHAFT AND TWO ADITS.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS AS A VEIN FILLING A NORTHEAST TRENDING FISSURE AND RANGING FROM 1 TO 5 FT. THICK.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN,W.,GRATION,L.C.,AND GORDON,C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 326

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

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN,E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 151-153, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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