American Mine

The American Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,826 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: American Mine
Secondary: American Group: Claims Patented In 1904
Secondary: American
Secondary: Alaska
Secondary: Oregon
Secondary: Maine
Secondary: Florida
Secondary: Virginia
Secondary: Ohio
Secondary: Texas

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Eureka 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: Maud J. Fowles
Home Office: Hachita, N.M.
Years: 1940 -

Owner Name: Gibralter Minerals Co.
Home Office: Hachita, N.M.
Years: 1960 -

Production

Year: 1960
Time Period: 1912 To 1960
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Grade 5.61 Oz Ag/Ton.
Year: 1960
Time Period: 1919 To 1960
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Grade 5.15% Pb.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Year Last Production: 1960
Discovery Year: 1878
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS LOCATED ON THE AMERICAN CLAIM.

Comment (Production): MINE WAS IDLE FROM 1913 TO 1918, 1923, 1925, 1930 TO 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945 TO 1947, 1949 TO 1952 AND 1954 TO 1958. $100,000 PRODUCED AS OF 1910.

Comment (Deposit): EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1130 COVERING 162.66 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1947 CONSISTED OF A MAIN SHAFT ABOUT 300 FT. DEEP WITH ABOUT 2000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND STOPES ON FOUR LEVELS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 335-336

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1938 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 33, NO 4, P. 365-389

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, P. 85-87

Reference (Deposit): ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 19-22, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS. ESTIMATED PRODUCTION FROM USGS PP 68, P. 336.

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