Burke Mine

The Burke Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,751 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Burke Mine
Secondary: Jessie
Secondary: Chance and Jessie

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Victorio 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: Jessie T. Kyle

Owner Name: Michael Burk
Years: 1900 -

Production

Year: 1929
Time Period: 1904-1929
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 12.25% Pb, 257 G/T Ag, 4.8 G/T Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
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: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

Comment (Production): CHANCE AND JESSIE ARE THE LARGEST AND MOST PRODUCTIVE MINES IN THE DISTRICT.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A 300 FT. ADIT.

Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 928 AND 1008 COVERING 20.93 ACRES. CLOSELY SPACED VEINS (N50E, STEEPLY NW) IN DOLOMITE.

References

Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1175

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G. B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 72, P 81-82

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P 291

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