The Candelaria Mine is a gold mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,021 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,021 Feet (2,140 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.29722, -106.18333
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Candelaria Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Candelaria Mine
Secondary: Mine: Mina Del Candelario
Secondary: Candelauria
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
District: Old Placers 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: Potter And Sims
Home Office: Albuquerque, N.M.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Year Last Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1867
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: San Pedro-Ortiz Porphyry Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Skarn (Tactite)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): THERE ARE NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE.
Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE TWO NORTH-TRENDING VEINS. THERE IS SAID TO BE NO ORE BELOW 80 FEET. THE SULPHIDES WERE LOW-GRADE.
Comment (Workings): THERE IS ONE SHAFT 325 FEET DEEP.
Comment (Geology): THE ORE OCCURS IN A BED OF GARNET TACTITE IN THE GREENHORN LIMESTONE MEMBER AND ADJACENT SHALE BEDS OF THE MANCOS SHALE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1860'S
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 116
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 47
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904, NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, P. 24
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