Jim Crow-Imperial Group

The Jim Crow-Imperial Group is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,751 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Jim Crow-Imperial Group
Secondary: Jim Crow Mine
Secondary: Imperial Mine
Secondary: Gold King Mine: Jim Crow Imperial Consolidated Quartz Mine Group,
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1899
Secondary: Jim Crow
Secondary: Imperial
Secondary: Gold King
Secondary: Contention
Secondary: Tunnel
Secondary: Gold Bug
Secondary: Red Prince
Secondary: Three Brothers

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Steeple Rock 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: Grant County Mining Co., Gordon Utter
Home Office: 32019 East Interstate 10, Redlands, Ca. 92373
Years: 1981 -

Owner Name: Queenstake Oakcreek Mining
Home Office: P.O.Box 162, Duncan, Az. 85534
Years: 1981 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1969
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

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposits Are Centered Around The Intersection Of The Northwest Striking Steeple Rock Fault And The North-South Trending Laura Fault.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Forms Prominent Ledges.

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT OF THE JIM CROW MINE AS SHOWN ON THE STEEPLE ROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1912, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1932, 1938, 1940, 1941, AND 1969.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS PODS, VEINS AND VEINLETS IN A BRECCIA ZONE RANGING FROM 3 FT. TO 25 FT. IN WIDTH. EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1012 COVERING 123.132 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1930'S CONSISTED OF FIVE SHAFTS RANGING FROM 136 FT. TO 307 FT. DEEP AND ABOUT 2250 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND TUNNELS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 327-328

Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 195-196

Reference (Deposit): GRIGGS, R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, 29 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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