Graphic Mine

The Graphic Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,374 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Graphic Mine
Secondary: Hadley Mine: Graphic Group
Secondary: Keystone Group
Secondary: Native Silver Group: C Laim Patented In 1892
Secondary: Graphic: Claims Patented In 1914
Secondary: Keystone
Secondary: Daylight
Secondary: Coliseum
Secondary: Native Silver
Secondary: Hub
Secondary: Rock Island Millsite : Unpatented Claims
Secondary: Rock Island

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Cooks Peak 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: L. B. Hyatt
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1942 -

Owner Name: F. I. Grover
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1942 -

Production

Year: 1942
Time Period: 1924 To 1942
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 16.25% Pb.
Year: 1942
Time Period: 1924 To 1942
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 21.39 Oz Ag/Ton.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1881
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: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

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

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT ON THE GRAPHIC CLAIM.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PERIODS WERE FROM 1881 TO 1900, 1924 TO 1925, AND 1941 TO 1942.

Comment (Deposit): SEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 821, 1050, AND 1051 COVERING 88.968 ACRES AND ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 8 20.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE MAIN SHAFT WITH SIX LEVELS CONTAINING A T OTAL OF 2250 FT. OF DRIFTS AND STOPES. THE MAIN SHAFT WAS REPORTED TO BE INACCESSIBLE. SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS ARE LOCATED ON ADJACENT CLAIMS .

References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): ACCURATE PRODUCTION FROM NMBMMR BULL 37, P.66, TABLE 7. ESTIMATED P RODUCTION FROM USGS PP 68, P. 287.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 87-289

Reference (Deposit): JICHA, H.L., JR., 1954 NMBMMR BULL 37, P. 66-68, PLATE 1

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