The McKinley Mine 1880's is a gold, copper, and silver mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,823 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,823 Feet (1,775 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.94333, -107.54389
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McKinley Mine 1880's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: McKinley Mine 1880's
Secondary: Caballero Mine Or Caballero Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Hillsboro District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Tom Arnett, Santa Rita, N.M., And Martin Conoby, Hillsboro, N.M.
Years: 1920 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1928
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: Vein Is Part Of A Radial System Of Veins Associated With The Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SHOOTS IN A NORTHEAST STRIKING VEIN RANGING FROM 3 FT. TO 4 FT. IN WIDTH. HIGH-GRADE SEAMS OF ORE WITHIN THE VEIN RANGE FROM STRINGERS TO 18 IN. IN WIDTH. SHOOTS OF ORE WERE REPORTED TO BE 15 FT. TO 30 FT. IN LENGTH AND 10 FT. TO 20 FT. IN HEIGHT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF A 500 FT. TUNNEL, ANOTHER SHORT TUNNEL, A RAISE WHICH CONNECTS THE TWO TUNNELS, SOME DRIFTING AND STOPING.
References
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 125-141, P. 156
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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