Peerless Mine

The Peerless Mine is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,024 feet.

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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: Peerless Mine
Secondary: Peerless Group: Claims
Secondary: Peerless No. 1
Secondary: Peerless No. 2

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Central 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: C. B. Monroe, Silver City, N. M., And F. L. Martin, Socorro, N. M.
Years: 1952 -

Owner Name: New Mexico Ore Processing Co.
Years: 1940 -

Production

Year: 1945
Time Period: 1937 To 1945
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7.70% Pb
Year: 1945
Time Period: 1937 To 1945
Description: Cp_Grade: ^12.54% Zn
Year: 1945
Time Period: 1937 To 1945
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.49 Oz/Ton Ag

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1885
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

Structure

Type: L
Description: St. Helena Vein System

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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

Comments

Comment (Production): OPENED IN LATE 1800'S BUT MOST OF PRODUCTION WAS DURING 1936-1940, 1942, 1945, AND 1952.

Comment (Deposit): VEINS ALONG NORTH END OF ST. HELENA VEIN SYSTEM IN CRETACEOUS QUARTZ DIORITE SILL. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1999.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1947 CONSISTED OF A 325 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH FIVE WORKING LEVELS CONTAINING ABOUT 1900 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND STOPES.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D011727 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-865.

References

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J. H., 1947 USBM RI-4044, 8 P.

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 61-62

Reference (Deposit): JONES, W. R., MOORE, S. L., AND PRATT, W. P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): SOULE, J.H., 1947, 8 P.

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S. G., 1936 USGS BULL 870, P. 137

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