Red Cloud Mine

The Red Cloud Mine is a lead, silver, and copper mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,402 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Red Cloud Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: REE

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Gallinas Mountains 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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: C. S. Thomas And W. E. Heim
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: American Resources
Years: 1980 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1980
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: Sacramento Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

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

Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Workings): OLDER WORKINGS ON THE RED CLOUD AND DEADWOOD CLAIMS WERE REPORTED TO BE CAVED IN 1959 BUT THE MAIN SHAFT WAS MORE THAN 300 FT. DEEP WITH AT LEAST 1500 FT. OF DRIFTS IN 1930. WORKINGS ON THE CONQUEROR NO. 9 CLAIM WERE REPORTED IN 1959 TO CONSIST OF A 110 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND ADIT PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY LATER OPEN-PIT MINING.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE ROUGH MOUNTAIN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE BUT IS INCORRECTLY LABELED AS THE CORONA QUEEN MINE. THE CORONA QUEEN MINE IS LOCATED ABOUT 6000 FT. NORTHEAST OF THE RED CLOUD MINE.

Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 790 AND 791 COVERING A TOTAL OF 37.508 ACRES AND ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM.

References

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P.110-113

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1946 USBM RI-3854, 25 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 68-71, PLATES 8 AND 9

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 74-76

Reference (Deposit): PERHAC, R.M., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 95, P. 35-42, PLATE 1

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