Alhambra Mine

The Alhambra Mine is a silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Alhambra Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In the Early 1890's and Late 1880's
Secondary: Alhambra
Secondary: Butternut
Secondary: Good Hope
Secondary: Pumpkin
Secondary: Stonewall

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Black Hawk District: Burro Mountains; Bullard Peak Area

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: Sharon Steel Corp.
Home Office: Box 406, Hanover, N.M. 88041
Years: 1982 -

Owner Name: Hondo Mining
Home Office: Box 2179, Silver City, N.M. 88061
Years: 1980 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Year Last Production: 1960
Discovery Year: 1881
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 Northeast Trending Fracture Zone.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chloanthite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Erythrite
Ore: Skutterudite
Ore: Nickel Skutterudite
Ore: Niccolite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Smaltite
Ore: Millerite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite

Comments

Comment (Development): FIRST PLACER WAS LOCATED IN 1895, NO FURTHER ACTIVITY UNTIL 1901. BY THE END OF 1905 A TOTAL OF 89 LODES AND 40 PLACER CLAIMS HAD BEEN LOCATED. MAJOR MINES: DARK HORSE, AMAZON, RACETRACK PLACER.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE REDROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION VALUE FOR SILVER ORES PRODUCED SINCE 1881 HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AS 400000 DOLLARS.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS HIGH-GRADE PODS, STREAKS, VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATIONS IN THE CARBONATE GANGUE. ORE SHOOTS EXTENDING 50 FT. VERTICALLY, 30 FT. HORIZONTALLY AND 3 FT. IN WIDTH HAVE BEEN MINED. FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 480, 546, 547, 548 AND 869 COVERING 85.53 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH SEVEN WORKING LEVELS CONTAINING AT LEAST 2000 FT. OF DRIFTS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A SHORT ADIT. MUCH OF THE UPPER PART OF THE MINE IS CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Comment (Location): LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1967)

Comment (Production): MOST ACTIVE PERIOD FOR PRODUCTION WAS DURING THE DEPRESSION.

Comment (Deposit): MAJOR MINE THE DARK HORSE HAD REPLACEMENT LENSES IN LIMESTONE, ALSO FISSURE VEINS.

Comment (Geology): THE MADISON GROUP, RED LION FM, SILVER HILL FM AND FLAT HEAD FM ARE ALSO FOUND IN THE RACETRACK DISTRICT. VERY LITTLE PLACER PRODUCTION WAS DONE.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 324-325

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., AND WHITEBREAD, D.H., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-K, P. 283-311

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BUL 83, P. 142-148, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904, NM MINES AND MINERALS: SANTA FE, NM PRINTING CO.

Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.G., 1952, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 163

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