Rose Mine

The Rose Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,925 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

Name: Rose Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Grant

Elevation: 5,925 Feet (1,806 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 32.71333, -108.51083

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Rose Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rose Mine
Secondary: Claim Patented In 1888
Secondary: Rose


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Uranium


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Black Hawk District: Burro Mountains; Bullard Peak 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: E. J. Mccabe, Pasadena, Ca. And E. C. Meade, San Francisco, Ca.
Years: 1962 -

Owner Name: R. Johnson
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1920 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Year Last Production: 1920
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

Form: PINCH AND SWELL


Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur Along A Northeast Striking Fault And An East-West Striking Fault.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Nickel Skutterudite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Skutterudite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Acanthite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Niccolite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Dolomite


Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION VALUE FOR SILVER ORES PRODUCED SINCE 1881 HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AS 140000 DOLLARS.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS TWO VEINS WHICH RANGE FROM 2.5 TO 4.5 FT. THICK. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 458 COVERING 14.10 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 200 FT. SHAFT WITH FOUR WORKING LEVELS, A 100 FT. SHAFT WITH TWO LEVELS, TWO SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.


References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 324-325

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., AND WHITEBREAD, D.H., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-K, P. 283-311

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 142-146, 149, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA


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