Columbia Mine

The Columbia Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,825 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: Columbia Mine
Secondary: Fairview Group
Secondary: Teel Property

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Carpenter District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: H. A. Teel And Associates
Home Office: San Lorenzo, N. M.
Years: 1944 -

Owner Name: Black Range Development Co.
Years: 1944 -

Production

Year: 1944
Time Period: 1942 To 1944
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 4.98% Pb.
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1942 To 1944
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 9.42% Zn.
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1942 To 1944
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 1.40 Oz Ag/Ton.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
Year Last Production: 1944
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Ore Occurs Adjacent To A Northeast Striking Fault Zone.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Serpentine

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE SAN LORENZO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1944 CONSISTED OF TWO TUNNELS. THE LOWER TUNNEL CONTAINS ABOUT 700 FT. OF WORKINGS AND THE UPPER LEVEL TUNNEL CONTAINS ABOUT 250 FT. OF WORKINGS.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1942, 1943 AND 1944.

Comment (Deposit): SIXTEEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 272

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G. T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 110-112

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D. C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-900

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.

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