Langston Mine

The Langston Mine is a zinc, lead, copper, and gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,100 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Langston Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1896
Secondary: Langston
Secondary: Pinos Altos

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Pinos Altos 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: Pinos Altos Mining Co.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: R. J. Holmquist
Home Office: Vanadium, N.M.
Years: 1952 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1865
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: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D011744 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-865.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN TRENDING N-N15E AND DIPPING 61 NW IN ANDESITE BRECCIA. VEIN HAD SOME VERY RICH POCKETS. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 957 COVERING 10.88 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1929 CONSISTED OF A 218 FT. INCLINED SHAFT, AN ADIT MORE THAN 250 FT. LONG, AN ADIT CAVED AT 123 FT. FROM THE PORTAL AND AT LEAST 1200 FT. OF DRIFT.

References

Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 109-118

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 70-71

Reference (Deposit): JONES, W.R., MOORE, S.L., AND PRATT, W.P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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