Azure-Rising Sun Mine

The Azure-Rising Sun Mine is a gold, molybdenum, and copper mine located in San Miguel county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,600 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Azure-Rising Sun Mine
Secondary: Mine: Hadley
Secondary: Claims: Azure No. 1
Secondary: Azure No. 3
Secondary: Azure No. 4
Secondary: Rising Sun No. 2
Secondary: Black Bear

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: San Miguel
District: Rociada 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Zummach, A. G.
Home Office: Las Vegas, Nm

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1900
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: LINEAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Schist Has Been Extensively Altered Along Both Walls Of The Vein.

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM HARLEY'S (1940, P. 54) DIRECTIONS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE

Comment (Development): O.A. HADLEY WAS THE EX-GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS.

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE OCCURS IN A SERIES OF VEINS STRIKING N 20 W CUTTING THROUGH THE GRAY MICACEOUS SCHIST COUNTRY ROCK. THE SCHIST HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY ALTERED ALONG BOTH WALLS OF THE VEIN. THE SCHIST CONSISTS MOSTLY OF QUARTZ AND BIOTITE. QUARTZ AND CALCITE ARE THE PRINCIPAL VEIN MATERIALS AND EPIDOTE, GARNET, AMPHIBOLE AND SPECULAR HEMATITE ARE ABUNDANT IN THE WALL ROCK. TOURMALINE ALSO OCCURS IN SOME OF THE DUMP SAMPLES. THE ORE CONSISTS OF BORNITE, CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE AND MOLYBDENITE. VARYING AMOUNTS OF GOLD HAVE ALSO BEEN FOUND. THE OUTCROPS OF THE VEINS ARE OXIDIZED TO A BROWN GRANULAR MASS AND ARE STAINED WITH MALCHITE AND AZURIE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE RISING SUN SHAFT, 172-FT. DEEP, WITH A 400-FT. TUNNEL DRIVEN SOUTH FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT; AND THE AZURE SHAFT, 160-FT. DEEP, WITH DRIFTS ON THE 100 AND 150-FOOT LEVELS.

Comment (Geology): THE PRECAMBRIAN SCHIST DOES NOT HAVE A FORMAL NAME IN THIS AREA.

References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 76, P. 42-43.

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, C.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 52-56.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 116

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