Carnahan Mine

The Carnahan Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,320 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

Name: Carnahan Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Santa Fe

Elevation: 7,320 Feet (2,231 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc, Lead

Lat, Long: 35.23889, -106.21806

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Carnahan Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Carnahan Mine
Secondary: Mine: Lincoln-Lucky
Secondary: Claims: At Least 6
Secondary: Possibly Up To 14 Or 15
Secondary: Patented Claims


Commodity

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


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
District: New 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: C. F. Williams And Associates
Home Office: 110 Camino De La Pena, Santa Fe, N.M.
Years: 1958 -

Owner Name: Tom B. Scartaccini,
Home Office: 420 Amherst Dr., Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1958 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1955
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: PIPE


Structure

Type: R
Description: A Steeply-Dipping East-Trending Fault

Type: L
Description: East-Trending, Steeply Dipping Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Alabandite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Production): THERE ARE NO OTHER PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 3000-FT INCLINED ADIT, A 500-FT VERTICAL MAIN SHAFT AND A FEW SMALLER SHAFTS. THE LOWER WORKINGS ARE FLOODED BUT THE ORE IS SAID TO HAVE TERMINATED AGAINST A TRANSVERSE FAULT IN THE BOTTOM LEVEL. THE ADIT IS NOW CAVED 1300 FEET FROM THE PORTAL.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN A LIMESTONE REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT OF PIPELIKE SHAPE, ELLIPTICAL IN CROSS-SECTION, MEASURING ABOUT 60 FEET ACROSS IN THE WIDEST PLACES. IT FOLLOWS A PARTICULAR BED DOWNDIP ABOUT 3000 FEET. THE PIPE FORMED AT THE INTERSECTION OF A FAVORABLE BED AND A STEEPLY DIPPING, EASTWARD-TRENDING FAULT. THE PIPE IS SAID TO HAVE WIDENED NEAR NORTH-TRENDING CROSS-FAULTS AND IN OTHER PLACES IT PINCHED DOWN TO A NARROW VEIN. A COMPLEX MANGANIFEROUS GOSSAN WAS FOUND NEAR THE SURFACE. THE PRIMARY MINERALS ARE COARSELY CRYSTALLINE SPHALERITE AND ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA, A LITTLE PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND ALABANDITE IN A COARSE QUARTZ-CALCITE GANGUE.

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM ELSTON'S (1967) DIRECTIONS. THERE IS NO UTM GRID IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979


References

Reference (Production): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 42

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 41-42

Reference (Deposit): ATKINSON, W.W., JR., 1961, NMBMMR BULL 77

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 170-175


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