Franklin Mine

The Franklin Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,161 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: Franklin Mine
Secondary: Mine: Franklyn
Secondary: Patented Claim: Franklin Franklyn

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
District: Cerrillos 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: Occidental Minerals Corp.
Home Office: 777 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood, Co. 80226
Years: 1979 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Year Last Production: 1946
Discovery Year: 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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Faults And Shear Zones

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Wallrock Is Highly Sericitized

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: A LEAD CONCENTRATE CONTAINING 63% PB AND A ZINC CONCENTRATE CONTAING 49% ZN WAS PRODUCED IN 1945.

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): CONFIDENTIAL USBM RECORDS

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Development): THE DISCOVERER IS NOT KNOWN.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 97-FOOT SHAFT AND APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET OF DRIFTS.

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE EXPOSED ON THE 90-FT. LEVEL IN THE FRANKLIN IS UNLIKE OTHER ORE SHOOTS IN THE DISTRICT. COARSE GALENA AND SPHALERITE OCCUR AS SMALL LENSES, ROUNDED MASSES, AND DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS IN A ZONE OF HIGHLY SERICITIZED HORNBLENDE MONZONITE PORPHYRY. GANGUE MINERALS ARE SCARCE. SHEARING HAS BEEN VERY SLIGHT; THE SOFT, HIGHLY SHEARED ROCK CHARACTERISTIC OF MOST OF THE VEINS IN THE DISTRICT IS ABSENT. THE LIMITS OF THE ORE SHOOT ARE DETERMINED ONLY BY THE LOCALIZATION OF THE SULFIDES SINCE THERE ARE NO VISIBLE WALLS.

References

Reference (Deposit): DISBROW, A.E. AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 60-62

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 31

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 163-167

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