Lost Mine Claim

The Lost Mine Claim is a gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Lost Mine Claim  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 32.775, -108.12917

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Lost Mine Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lost Mine Claim
Secondary: Corn Shaft
Secondary: Spanish Tunnel
Secondary: Lafrenz Tunnel


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Central District (Bayard District)


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Owl-Hobo Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Production): PROBABLY LESS THAN $15,000 IN GOLD. ORE AVERAGES ABOUT 2.7 G/T AU. CORN SHAFT MOST PRODUCTIVE.

Comment (Development): ABUNDANT OLD WORKINGS, APPARENTLY KNOWN TO EARLY SPANISH. SPANISH TUNNEL PROBABLY WORKED BY EARLY SPANIARDS.

Comment (Deposit): VEINS ALONG SPLAYS AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE OWL-HOBO FAULT, CHIEFLY BETWEEN THE CRETACEOUS COLORADO FORMATION AND A CRETACEOUS QUARTZ DIORITE SILL

Comment (Workings): ABUNDANT WORKINGS, DEEPEST SHAFT IS 30 M. AND LONGEST ADIT IS 55 M.

Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD EASILY PANNED FROM DUMPS AND VEIN MATERIAL


References

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S. G., 1936, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 870, P. 127-130

Reference (Production): LASKY, S. G., 1936, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 870, P. 127-130.


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