Commercial Mine

The Commercial Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,650 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Commercial Mine
Secondary: Claim Patented In 1892
Secondary: Commercial

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Georgetown 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: Rogers And Hughes
Years: 1940 -

Owner Name: Frank Rogers
Home Office: Santa Rita, N. M.
Years: 1942 -

Production

Year: 1942
Time Period: 1910 To 1942
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 32.73 Oz Ag/Ton.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1875
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Bromyrite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE COMMERCIAL MINE WAS ONE OF THE THREE MAJOR MINES OF THE GEORGETOWN DISTRICT WHICH WAS HELD BY THE MIMBRES CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. FROM 1880 TO 1909 AND BY C. P. CRAMER FROM 1910 TO 1922. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE COMMERCIAL INCLINE SHOWN ON THE SANTA RITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): MINE WAS IDLE IN 1912, 1923 TO 1926, 1928 TO 1935 AND 1937 TO 1941. PRODUCTION RECORDS INCLUDE ALL ORE MINED IN THE DISTRICT.

Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 501 COVERING 12.84 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1944 CONSISTED OF A 400 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS RADIATING IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S

References

Reference (Deposit): JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.

Reference (Deposit): HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306

Reference (Deposit): JONES, F. A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 45

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 318-319

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 67

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