Naiad Queen Mine

The Naiad Queen Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,624 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Naiad Queen Mine
Secondary: Patented Claim
Secondary: Naaid Queen

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
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

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Year Last Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1866
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: Vanadinite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ESTIMATE REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION FOR THE GEORGETOWN DISTRICT. THE THREE LARGEST PRODUCERS WERE THE NAIAD QUEEN,THE COMMERCIAL AND THE MACGREGOR MINES.

Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 47 COVERING 20.66 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A 600 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 FT. INTERVALS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFT. THE SHAFT WAS REPORTED AS INACCESSIBLE IN 1944.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE NAIAD QUEEN MINE.

References

Reference (Production): JONES, F. A., 1904, P. 45.

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 68P. 3 18-319

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

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

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