Stenson Mine

The Stenson Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,249 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Stenson Mine
Secondary: Stenson Group Patented In 1914
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Alabama
Secondary: Georgia
Secondary: Sou Th Carolina
Secondary: Western Slope
Secondary: Sunny Slope

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Florida Mountains District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Lois Upton
Home Office: Faywood, N.M.
Years: 1956 -

Owner Name: Rockwell And Walker
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1956 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Deposits Occur Within A Series Of Parallel Shear Zones Which Exten D At Least 1200 Ft. On The Surface And Range From 40-80 Ft. Thick.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE CAPITOL DOME TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRAN GLE.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SMALL, IRREGULAR VEINS ALONG A 4 FT. THICK SH EAR ZONE TRENDING N 70 E. FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1 749 COVERING ABOUT 100 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF THREE ADITS AND A SHAFT.

References

Reference (Deposit): CLEMONS, R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-56

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 89-290

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 124-125, FIG. 14

Reference (Deposit): BALK, C.L., 1958 ROSWELL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 11TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 47-52

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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