Lone Mountain Mines

The Lone Mountain Mines is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Lone Mountain Mines  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 32.725, -108.18333

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Lone Mountain Mines MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lone Mountain Mines
Secondary: Includes: Monarch
Secondary: Home Ticket
Secondary: New York
Secondary: And Eighty-Four Mines


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Lone Mountain District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1884
Discovery Year: 1871
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Production): CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN. PRODUCED DURING PERIOD BETWEEN 1871 AND 1884. ORE AVERAGED 1,372-2,401 G/T AG IN THE MONARCH MINE.

Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS PROBABLY NO DEEPER THAN 30 M.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD INCLUDES DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D000064 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): LOCATED BY SHAFT ON MONARCH MINE

Comment (Development): DISCOVERED IN 1871 AND VIRTUALLY MINED OUT BY 1884

Comment (Deposit): VEINS UP TO 2 M. THICK, FOLLOWING VERTICAL CROSS-CUTTING FRACTURES THROUGHOUT THE FUSSELMAN DOLOMITE. MONARCH VEIN STRIKES N AND DIPS VERTICALLY.


References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 321.

Reference (Deposit): PRATT, W. P., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1241E, 91 P.


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