Volcano Mine

The Volcano Mine is a silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,701 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Volcano Mine
Secondary: Volcano Group
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: Volcano
Secondary: Kimball No. 27: Unpatented Claims
Secondary: Kimball No. 3
Secondary: Homestead
Secondary: Grey Fox
Secondary: Hornet
Secondary: Maud
Secondary: Mineral Peak

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Steins Pass 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: Bonnie Stoltz
Home Office: 7201 Monaco, Commerce City, Co. 80022
Years: 1980 -

Owner Name: Dolan Campbell, Inc.
Home Office: 302 High Street, Duncan, Az. 85534
Years: 1981 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1982
Discovery Year: 1885
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 Along A Northwest-Striking Fault Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Prominent Silicification.

Rocks

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

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Production): LARGEST PRODUCER IN STEINS PASS DISTRICT, WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PRODUCED BEFORE 1905. GRADE OF ORE IN 1942-1943 WAS 514.5 G/T AG AND 1.4 G/T AU.

Comment (Development): MINE BEING REHABILITATED IN 1980.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE SAN SIMON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1885 AND AT LEAST SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS. VOLCANO VEIN (N35W,60-75E), IS AS MUCH AS 15 M. WIDE WITH RHYOLITE TUFF FOOTWALL AND ANDESITE HANGING WALL. VEIN IS INTENSELY SILICIFIED AND BRECCIATED. UNOXIDIZED ORE BELOW 30 M. CONTAINED PYRITE AND ARGENTITE (?).

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1960 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHAFTS WITH ABOUT 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS, TUNNELS, STOPES AND CROSSCUTS

References

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 329

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1965 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 16TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 210-214

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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