Royal John Mine

The Royal John Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,851 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Royal John Mine
Secondary: Grand Central Group

Commodity

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Olsen, A. L. And Cox, Gussie Belle
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: Westamerica Mining And Milling, Inc.
Home Office: Box 447, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Years: 1969 -

Production

Year: 1969
Time Period: 1916 To 1969
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 8.75% Zn.
Year: 1969
Time Period: 1916 To 1969
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 4.78% Pb.
Year: 1969
Time Period: 1916 To 1969
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 1.72 Oz Ag/Ton.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1969
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 Along The North Striking. Sunshine, Owens And Discovery Workings Faults.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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

Comments

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

Comment (Production): MINE WAS IDLE FROM 1918 TO 1921, 1923 TO 1926, 1931 TO 1941, 1954 TO 1955 AND 1958 TO 1968.

Comment (Deposit): 15 UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 867.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1950 CONSISTED OF THREE ADITS WITH ABOUT 1500 FT. OF DEVELOPMENT, THREE LARGE OPEN CUTS AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW CUTS AND SHORT ADITS

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. 110-113

Reference (Deposit): KINNEY, D.M., 1944 USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 18 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): HILL, R.S., 1946 USBM RI-3904, 31 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1950 USBM RI-4748, 8 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 77-79

Reference (Deposit): ERICKSEN, G.E., WEDOW, H., JR., AND EATON, G.P., 1970 USGS BULL 1319-E, P. 80-81

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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