Baltic Mine

The Baltic Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Baltic Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: Baltic
Secondary: Tight Squeeze
Secondary: Grand Center
Secondary: Mary Belle

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Chloride Flat 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Henry, Roy
Years: 1939 -

Owner Name: D. B. White
Years: 1939 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Year Last Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1872
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1870'S

Comment (Deposit): FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1078, 1278 AND 1424 COVERING 43.993 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1938 CONSISTED OF A 126 FT. SHAFT WITH ABOUT 800 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE BALTIC MINE.

References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 301-304

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 73-76

Reference (Deposit): CUNNINGHAM, J.E., 1974 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-30

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