Commercial Mine

The Commercial Mine is a silver, copper, and lead mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,601 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: Commercial Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1887
Secondary: Red Jim
Secondary: Delaware
Secondary: Trust
Secondary: Cinnamon
Secondary: Union Jack
Secondary: Bornite
Secondary: Privateer: Unpatented Claims
Secondary: Betty
Secondary: Stella
Secondary: Hat
Secondary: Cap
Secondary: Silver-Copper

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Nogal 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: J. E. Wright, Carrizozo, N.M. C. E. Degner And Bryce Duggar
Years: 1959 -

Owner Name: Topeka Mining Association
Years: 1880 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
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: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AND UP TO 0.39% ZN.
Analytical Data: UP TO 0.04 OZ AU/TON
Analytical Data: 0.40 TO 12.20 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: 0.51 TO 2.2% PB
Analytical Data: MORE THAN 30 SAMPLES REPORTED IN USGS BULL 1453 RANGED FROM 0.13 TO 3.8% CU

Materials

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

Comments

Comment (Development): THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PURCHASED THAT PORTION OF THE PATENTED CLAIMS WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE WHITE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AREA.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO NORTHWEST-STRIKING ZONES OF INTENSELY ALTERED FRACTURED, AND SHEARED ROCK UP TO 20 FT. THICK AND CONTAINING LESSER QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS AS MUCH AS 5 FT. THICK. SEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, AND 392 COVERING 113.482 ACRES. FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1979 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS FROM 20 TO 100 FT. DEEP, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, AND NUMEROUS SMALL PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

References

Reference (Deposit): SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P. 75-78, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 74-75, PLATE 10

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