Calumet Mine

The Calumet Mine is a silver, zinc, gold, and lead mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,926 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: Calumet Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: Calumet
Secondary: Bullion
Secondary: Opalousas: Unpatented Claims
Secondary: Atchafalaya
Secondary: Tchapitolous

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Louis Eppinga
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: Phillips Benjamin
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1952 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1891
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: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1920'S CONSISTED OF FOUR SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CALUMET CLAIM.

Comment (Deposit): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 795, 1771 AND 2041, AND TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 75 ACRES.

References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): JONES, W.R., MOORE, S.L., AND PRATT, W.P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865

Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 109-117

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 297-298

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