Silver Hill Mine

The Silver Hill Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,100 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

Name: Silver Hill Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Grant

Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 32.84417, -108.24500

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Silver Hill Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Hill Mine


Commodity

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


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Pinos Altos 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: Silver Hill Mine Corp.
Home Office: Pinos Altos, N. M.
Years: 1940 -

Owner Name: C. B. Morrill
Home Office: Silver City, N. M.
Years: 1940 -


Production

Year: 1943
Time Period: 1914 To 1943
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.61% Cu.
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1914 To 1943
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 4.49% Pb.


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Year Last Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1865
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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S

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

Comment (Production): ACCURATE PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1914 TO 1916, 1932, 1934, 1936 TO 1941 AND 1943.

Comment (Deposit): ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM COVERING ABOUT 20 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1948 CONSISTED OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS, A 550 FT. ADIT, A 150 FT. WINZE AND ABOUT 350 FT. OF DRIFT.


References

Reference (Deposit): BUSH, F. V., 1915 MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, VOL 42, NO 4, P. 165-167

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 70-71

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): AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.


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