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American Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013457
MRDS ID D009754
Record type Site
Current site name American Mine
Alternate or previous names American Group: Claims Patented In 1904, American, Alaska, Oregon, Maine, Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Texas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.43034, 31.90764 (WGS84)
Elevation 1471
Relative position ABOUT 61 MILES S 09 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Playas Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 002S;002S 016W;016W 01;36 NW (01); CENTER OF S2 (36) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS LOCATED ON THE AMERICAN CLAIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name U-Bar Formation
    Rock description U-Bar Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.43034, 31.90764
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 58 TO 75 NW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized Along A Fault Adjacent To Intrusive Rocks.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1878
Discoverer W.H. Crane And R.R. Bennett
Year of first production 1881
Year of last production 1960

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gibralter Minerals Co.
    Home office Hachita, N.M.
    First year 1960
  • Type Owner
    Owner Maud J. Fowles
    Home office Hachita, N.M.
    First year 1940

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period 1912 To 1960
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Grade 5.61 Oz Ag/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 158g/mt
  • Year 1960
    Period 1919 To 1960
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Grade 5.15% Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 5wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINE WAS IDLE FROM 1913 TO 1918, 1923, 1925, 1930 TO 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945 TO 1947, 1949 TO 1952 AND 1954 TO 1958. $100,000 PRODUCED AS OF 1910.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1947 CONSISTED OF A MAIN SHAFT ABOUT 300 FT. DEEP WITH ABOUT 2000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND STOPES ON FOUR LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 335-336

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1938 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 33, NO 4, P. 365-389

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, P. 85-87

  • Deposit

    ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 19-22, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS. ESTIMATED PRODUCTION FROM USGS PP 68, P. 336.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1130 COVERING 162.66 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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