Malone Mines

The Malone Mines is a gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,001 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: Malone Mines
Secondary: Principal Mines
Secondary: Malone Mine
Secondary: Hillcrest Mine
Secondary: Patanka Mine
Secondary: Barranca Mine: Claims
Secondary: Fujiama Or Malone No. 1
Secondary: Vesuvius Or Malone No. 2
Secondary: Malone No. 3
Secondary: Parucutin Or Malone No. 4
Secondary: Barria
Secondary: Los Ancienos
Secondary: Codena De Plata
Secondary: Santos Mineros
Secondary: Barra Rosea
Secondary: Argonaut
Secondary: Saragosa
Secondary: Katmai Or Jalisco
Secondary: Stromboli Or Tip Tilt

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Malone District: Knight Peak And Brock Ridge Areas

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Leach, Albert A.
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1961 -

Owner Name: Leach, Albert A.
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1956 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1884
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: SHOOTS AND PODS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Mineralized Fractures Occur In The Granite Adjacent To The Malone Fault Which Strikes N 20 W And Dips 70 Ne.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Kaolinization, Hematitic Alteration.

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE MALONE MINES AS SHOWN ON THE REDROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): GILLERMAN, 1964, P. 112, REPORTED ABOUT 300000 DOLLARS WORTH OF GOLD AND MINOR SILVER. ABOUT 250000 DOLLARS WORTH WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1925 AND 50000 DOLLARS SINCE 1925.

Comment (Deposit): GILLERMAN, 1964, P. 113, REPORTED 41 MINERALIZED VEINS, MOSTLY STRIKING FROM N 45 W TO N 85 W AND A FEW STRIKING NORTHEAST. THE MOST PRODUCTIVE VEINS WERE THE ESMERALDA, THE PATANKA, THE HILLCREST AND THE BARRANCA, THE WIDTH OF THESE VEINS RANGED FROM 3 TO 5 FT... 13 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1961.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS SHAFTS RANGING FROM ABOUT 50 TO 100 FT. IN DEPTH, MANY SHORT ADITS, WINZES, RAISES, STOPES, TRENCHES AND SHALLOW PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 63

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1933 NMBMMR BULL 7, P. 58

Reference (Deposit): BALLMANN, D.L., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 70, 39 PAGES, 1 PLATE

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 111-116, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1265

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