Red Hill Mine

The Red Hill Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,000 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Red Hill Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Red Hill 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: J. F. Fitch; Red Hill Mining Co.
Home Office: Hachita, N.M.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: Wayne Hickson
Years: 1950 -

Production

Year: 1950
Time Period: 1909 To 1950
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.18 % Cu.
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1906 To 1950
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 4.06 Oz Ag/Ton.
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1905 To 1950
Material type: PB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 17.92 % Pb.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1950
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTS OF TWO INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS AND A 400 FT. MAIN SHAFT CONTAINING TWO LEVELS WITH ABOUT 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE WALNUT WELLS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE FROM 1905 TO 1910, 1920, 1922 TO 1926, 1929 TO 1931, 1938, 1941, 1945, 1947 AND 1950.

References

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1965 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 16TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 213

Reference (Deposit): ZELLER, R.A., JR., AND ALPER, A.M., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 84, P. 83-88, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.

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