Mountain Home Mine

The Mountain Home Mine is a zinc, lead, and copper mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,824 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: Mountain Home Mine
Secondary: Mountain Home Group: Claims Patented In 1914
Secondary: Mountain Home
Secondary: Mountain Home Nos. 2, 4, 5 and 6
Secondary: Mountain Chief
Secondary: Chief
Secondary: Fighting Tenth
Secondary: Zincite
Secondary: Live Oak
Secondary: Midnight, Northstar

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro-Hanover 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: J. A. Mckenna And C. H. Gearhart
Years: 1917 -

Owner Name: Humboldt Mines, Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Year Last Production: 1925
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE 6 ADITS (TO 600 FT), 2 SHAFTS (50 AND 100 FT), AND STOPES. POSSIBLY MORE SHAFTS AND ADITS IF NORTH STAR WORKINGS INCLUDED. WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1930'S CONSISTED OF SEVERAL ADITS AND TUNNELS WITH OVER 2000 FT OF DRIFTING AND CROSSCUTTING. WORKINGS INCLUDED SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, WINZES, RAISES AND SMALL OPEN PITS.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D011697 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Production): ACCURATE PRODUCTION YEARS WERE FROM 1911 TO 1918 AND IN 1925; COMBINED TOTAL PRODUCTION OF ABOUT 4500 MT OF OXIDIZED ZN-PB ORE, MOST OF WHICH WAS PROBABLY PRODUCED BETWEEN 1909 AND 1917. ALSO REPORTED THAT $22,000 ZN, $1,900 PB, AND $1,500 CU WERE PRODUCED.

Comment (Deposit): CARBONATE ORES FORM MOST OF DEPOSIT WITH SOME PRIMARY ORE CONTAINING SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND TUNGSTEN MINERALS. REPLACEMENT OF LIMY BEDS AT THE BASE OF THE PENNSYLVANIAN SYRENA FORMATION WHERE CUT BY NE-TRENDING FRACTURES ABOUT 1.5 KM WEST OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK. DALE AND MCKINNEY STATE THAT THE GROUP IS COMPOSED OF SEVENTEEN CLAIMS COVERING SECTIONS 16 AND 17. ELEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1518 COVERING 208.45 ACRES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE SANTA RITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGL E.

References

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

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 (Deposit): DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5517, P. 17-18.

Reference (Deposit): JONES, W.R., AND HERNON, R.M., 1973, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE PB 214, 371, P. 41.

Reference (Deposit): SCHMITT, H.A., 1935, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS, V. 115, P. 204.

Reference (Production): AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS; DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959.

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