Pewabic Mine

The Pewabic Mine is a zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,699 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: Pewabic Mine
Secondary: Pewabic Group: Claims Patented In 1917
Secondary: Pewabic
Secondary: Result
Secondary: Walpool
Secondary: Eclipse

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro-Hanover 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: Hanover Copper Co. ; Peru Mining Co.; U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.
Years: 1909 - 1927

Owner Name: Hanover Copper Co. ; Peru Mining Co. ; Callahan Zinc-Lead Co. ;
Years: 1909 - 1927

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1952
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

Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR, POD

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: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Talc

Comments

Comment (Production): (1) PRODUCTION YEARS NOT GIVEN. PROBABLY TOTAL PRODUCTION SINCE 1928. FROM 1916-1919 HANOVER COPPER CO. SHIPPED 20 TO 30% ZN ORE, MOSTLY CARBONATE. REOPENED 1928 BY PERU MINING CO. AND OPERATED AT LEAST PART OF EVERY YEAR UP TO DECEMBER 23, 1952. PRODUCED AGAIN 1960-1961. FROM 10/15/1938 TO 1/1/1940 0PERATED UNDER LEASE BY CALLAHON ZINC-LEAD.

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: ORE MILLED AT PERU MINING CO. NO. 1 MILL, WEMPLE (DEMING) NM

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT AS SHOWN ON THE SANTA RITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES ARE HORIZONTAL POD-LIKE FORMS AS MUCH AS 12 M IN DIAMETER AND 180 M LONG ENCLOSED IN LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE AND FURTHER CONTROLLED BY VERTICAL FISSURES AND THRUST FAULTS AT SOUTHEAST MARGIN OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK. FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1463 COVERING 66.68 ACRES. ORIGINAL PROPERTY (1916) HAD 18 CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A MAIN SHAFT ABOUT 600 FT. DEEP AND EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT ON FIVE DIFFERENT LEVELS.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D011682 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1916 USGS ATLAS, FOLIO 199

Reference (Production): (1) HILLESLAND ET. AL. (1994), P. 2.

Reference (Deposit): SCHMITT, H. A., 1939 GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL, VOL 50, NO 5, P. 777-818

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1954 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 55-57

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): THOMPSON, A. J., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 154-158

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1949, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY SERIES, NO. 2, P. 117-118.

Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, A. C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 66-69

Reference (Deposit): HILLESLAND, L.L., ET. AL., 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: COBRE MINING CO., UNPUBLISHED PAPER, 15 P.

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL. 39, P. 55.

Reference (Deposit): HARRER, C.M., AND KELLEY, F.J., 1963, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8190, P. 29.

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., AND HOAGLAND, A.D., 1948, SYMPOSIUM ON GEOLOGY, PARAGENESIS, AND RESERVES OF ORES OF LEAD AND ZINC: LONDON, INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, 18TH, 1948, P. 86-97.

Reference (Deposit): MULLEN, D.H., AND STORMS, W.R., 1948, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4228, 8 P.

Reference (Deposit): SCHMITT, H.A., 1939B, GSA BULL. 50, P. 777-818.

Reference (Deposit): SCHMITT, H.A., 1942, IN NEWHOUSE, W.H., ED., ORE DEPOSITS AS RELATED TO STRUCTURAL FEATURES: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 73-79.

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