Hammond Mine

The Hammond Mine is a copper mine located in San Miguel county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,621 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hammond Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: San Miguel
District: Tecolote District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Joe Morrow
Home Office: Las Vegas, N.M.
Years: 1956 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1917
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Starvation Peak Anticline, Bernal Fault, And The Serafina Monocline

Type: L
Description: Starvation Peak Anticline, Bernal Fault, And The Serafina Monocline

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Ore Is Markedly Oxidized.

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SOULE (1956, P.38) REPORTS TWO SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.10 AND 0.76 PERCENT COPPER.

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite

Comments

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN AN ARKOSIC SANDSTONE BED THAT DIPS 20 DEGREE EAST. THE MINERALIZATION IS ABOUT 8 TO 18 FEET THICK AND CAN BE SEEN IN OUTCROP, INTERMITTANTLY, FOR ABOUT 500 FEET. CHALCOCITE WAS THE PRIMARY COPPER MINERAL, AND MALACHITE THE PREDOMINANT OXIDATION MINERAL. THE MINERALS OCCUR AS DISSEMINATIONS REPLACING THE CEMENTING MATERIAL AND AS NODULES AND PATCHES. A SMALL AMOUNT OF CARBONACEOUS MATTER OCCURS IN THE BED.

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM SOULE'S MAP (1956, P. 37). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS SHALLOW PITS AND ADITS. ONE ADIT BEARING DUE SOUTH IS 75 FEET LONG. OPENCUTS, INCLINES AND STOPES OCCUR FOR ANOTHER 400 FEET SOUTH. IT IS REPORTED THAT CHARLES HAMMOND SPENT $18,000 DEVELOPING THE MINE, AND INSTALLING A TREATMENT PLANT.

Comment (Geology): SOULE (1956, P.38) PLACES THE DEPOSIT IN THE PERMIAN AB0 FORMATION. JOHNSON REMAPPED THE AREA IN 1968 AND PLACED THIS AREA IN THE PERMIAN SANGRE DE CRISTO FORMATION.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 117-122.

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1940 NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 57-62.

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 36-39.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1970, USGS MAP GQ-869

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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