Rattlesnake Mine 1877

The Rattlesnake Mine 1877 is a silver and gold mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,699 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: Rattlesnake Mine 1877  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Sierra

Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 32.94222, -107.55333

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Rattlesnake Mine 1877 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rattlesnake Mine 1877
Secondary: Snake Mine: Principal Claim
Secondary: Rattlesnake Patented In 1890. Reported To Be Part of The
Secondary: Opportunity and Rattlesnake Group of Claims,
Secondary: See Opportunity Mine For Listing of Claims.


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Hillsboro District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Edward Tittman Hillsboro, N. M.
Years: 1928 -

Owner Name: Statehood Mines Co.
Years: 1914 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1877
Year Last Production: 1923
Discovery Year: 1877
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: PINCH AND SWELL


Structure

Type: L
Description: Vein Is Within A Fracture Which Is Part Of A Radiating System Of Fractures Associated With Copper Flat Porphyry.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Production): REPORTED VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1877 TO 1931 WAS ESTIMATED AT 1500000 DOLLARS AND TOTAL PRODUCTION OF GOLD WAS REPORTED TO BE ABOUT 47000 OZ.

Comment (Location): MAIN ENTRANCE IS LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILLSBORO NEAR THE MOUTH OF SNAKE GULCH.

Comment (Production): ESTIMATED YIELD FROM PLACERS IN GREENHORN DISTRICT INCLUDING BONANZA AND WHITNEY AREAS IS AT LEAST $1,568,000. DURING RECENT YEARS (BROOKS AND RAMP, 1968) THERE HAS BEEN A SMALL, ANNUAL OUTPUT FROM WINTERVILLE HYDRAULIC PLACERS. UNVERIFIED BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION

Comment (Development): PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1889

Comment (Workings): THE STREAMS WHICH DRAIN INTO THE NORTH FORK OF BURNT RIVER HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY WORKED FOR PLACER GOLD. DREDGING AND HYDRAULIC MINING

Comment (Geology): GRAVELS RANGE FROM EOCENE TO RECENT.

Comment (Deposit): SEPARATE RECORDS FOR PARKERVILLE M014096 AND SCHAUB M014060. INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M014096, M014060.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN CONSISTS OF A STRONGLY FRACTURED ZONE OF ANDESITE RANGING FROM 4 FT TO 8 FT WIDE AND CONTAINING SHOOTS AND POCKETS OF ORE IN MINERALIZED QUARTZ SEAMS. ONE PATENTED CLAIM COVERING 16.2656 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): THE MAIN SHAFTS WERE REPORTED TO BE CAVED AND THE WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE IN 1934. A LONGITUDINAL SECTION ADAPTED FROM OLD MAPS INDICATED AT LEAST 5000 FT OF DRIFTING, EXTENSIVE STOPING, NUMEROUS UNDERGROUND LEVELS AND TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS ABOUT 500 FT DEEP.

Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.

Comment (Location): IN WHITMAN NATIONAL FOREST. PLACERS WERE WORKED ALONG BURNT RIVER FROM ABOUT GREENHORN CREEK TO NEAR WHITMAN. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MOUTH OF MC NAMEE GULCH

Comment (Commodity): SOME GOLD IS COARSE TO FINE AND FLOURY


References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN,W., GRATON,L.C., AND GORDON,C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.275

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY,G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.151-154

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND,D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): HEDLUND, 1977 AND HARLEY, 1934 P.141


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