Tom Payne Mine

The Tom Payne Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Santa Fe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,440 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tom Payne Mine
Secondary: Mine: Tom Paine
Secondary: Claim: Tom Paine Or Tom Payne

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Santa Fe
District: Cerrillos

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: Mineral Products Corp.
Home Office: Albuquerque, Nm
Years: 1961 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1879
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: LINEAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Faults And Shear Zones

Type: L
Description: Faults And Shear Zones

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IS A NARROW ZONE OF SHEARED AND HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED MONZONITE CONTAINING THIN TABULAR SHOOTS AND STRINGERS OF ORE. THE VEIN FOLLOWS A SLIGHTLY SINUOUS COURSE; THROUGHOUT MOST OF ITS EXTENT IT STRIKES N 10-20 E, BUT ON THE SECOND LEVEL, 220 FEET NORTH OF THE SHAFT, IT BENDS MORE TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS CURVE COINCIDES WITH THE NORTH END OF THE RICHEST ORE SHOOT MINED. THE DIPS ARE STEEP TO THE WEST, WITH REVERSAL OF DIP INDICATED LOCALLY. THE ORE SHOOTS ARE ELONGATE ALONG THE STRIKE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE MAIN INCLINE SHAFT AND 6 LEVELS WHICH DEVELOPED THE VEIN LATERALLY TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH. THE SHAFT INCLINES 79 TO 86 DEGREES TO THE WEST, FOLLOWING THE VEIN TO A DEPTH OF 310 FEET BELOW THE OUTCROP. IN 1945, LEVEL 1 WAS AT 102-FT DEPTH AND 820 FEET LONG; LEVEL 2 WAS AT 175-FT DEPTH AND 785 FEET LONG; LEVEL 3 WAS AT 271-FT AND 330 FEET LONG; LEVEL 4 WAS AT 295-FT AND 60 FEET LONG. IN 1951 A NEW LEVEL WAS OPENED AT 250 FEET WITH DRIFTS 125 FEET TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH. IN 1955 ANOTHER LEVEL WAS OPENED AT 200 FEET AND WAS 60 FEET LONG. DISBROW AND STOLL (1957) HAVE A MINE MAP OF THE TOM PAYNE.

Comment (Production): THE RECORDED PRODUCTION FOR THE PERIOD 1911 TO 1952 WAS ABOUT 7000 TONS; THE ORE WAS HIGH IN ZINC COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE FOR THE DISTRICT.

References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): DISBROW, A.E. AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 53-54

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 30-33

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