Montezuma Mines

The Montezuma Mines is a silver, lead, and copper mine located in Sandoval county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,099 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

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Site Name

Primary: Montezuma Mines
Secondary: Claims:Montezuma Claims

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sandoval
District: Placitas 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: San Antonio De Las Huertas Grant

Owner Name: Wipara Mining Co.
Home Office: P.O. Box 6, Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1961 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1750
Year Last Production: 1926
Discovery Year: 1750
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Sandia Uplift-East Side Faults

Type: L
Description: Las Huertas Fault And Several Minor Faults Off Of The Las Huertas Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gossan Is Found With Drusy Quartz In Vein Material Found On The Dumps.

Rocks

Name: Mica Schist
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Mica Schist
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian

Name: Mica Schist
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): KELLEY AND NORTHRUP (1975,P.100) GIVE AN EXCELLENT DESCRIPTION OF THE LAS HUERTAS FAULT AND DISPLACEMENTS BUT GIVE NO DESCRIPTION OF THE VEIN SYSTEM ITSELF.

Comment (Commodity): THERE IS NO EXPLANATION OF WHICH PARTICULAR, COPPER MINERALS WERE FOUND.

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE CENTER SHAFT. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. THERE IS NO UTM GRID IN THIS AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE SHAFTS DUG WITHIN 200 FEET OF EACH OTHER SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTING AND STOPING EXTEND FROM THE SHAFTS. THE DUMPS ARE RATHER LARGE.

Comment (Geology): THE PRECAMBRIAN MICA SCHIST HAS NO FORMAL NAME. THE VERTICAL SEPERATION ON THE LAS HUERTAS FAULT MAY BE 2,000 FT. THE WALL ROCKS ARE CONSIDERABLY BROKEN AND DRAGGED.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1700'S

Comment (Development): THE FIRST REFERENCE TO MODERN DAY OPERATIONS CAME IN 1879 IN AN ARTICLE IN E&MJ STATING THERE WERE 5 CLAIMS COVERING TWO LODES.

References

Reference (Production): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P.29, TABLE 8

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 27, MAY 5, 1879, P.358

Reference (Deposit): ELLIS, R.W., 1922, UNM BULL 108, GEOL. SER. 3, NO.4, P.40

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P.29-30

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C. AND S.A. NORTHRUP, 1975, NMBMMR MEM 29, P.100-101

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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