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Albemarle Mine

Past Producer in Sandoval county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Iron
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10014372
MRDS ID D011115
Record type Site
Current site name Albemarle Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Altoona, Patented Claims 1901: Albemarle, Ontario, Huron, Pamlico
Related records 10296617, 10296863

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.48503, 35.74644 (WGS84)
Elevation 2341
Relative position ABOUT 32.4 MILES N 8E OF BERNALILLO, NM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sandoval(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canada(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Los Alamos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Santa Fe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sandoval

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017N;018N 004E;004E 02,35 N2 (02); S2 (35) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE "ALBEMARLE SITE" LOCATED ON THE CANADA QUADRANGLE. NO MINE OR MILLSITES ARE MARKED ON THE MAP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Keres Group
    Rock description Keres Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Keres Group
    Rock description Keres Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.48503, 35.74644
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Faults

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER: VEINS
    Strike GOLD VEIN N21E; GOLD VEIN N 24 E
    Dip GOLD VEIN 50 TO 70 W; GOLD VEIN 90
    Length 304.8M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to bottom 217.93M
  • General form OTHER: VEINS
    Strike GOLD VEIN N21E; GOLD VEIN N 24 E
    Dip GOLD VEIN 50 TO 70 W; GOLD VEIN 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults And Brecciated Openings

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Discoverer Chester Greenwood, Norman Blotcher, Henry Woods, And Thomas Lowthian
Year of first production 1894
Year of last production 1902

Mining district

District name Cochiti District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Navajo Gold Mining Co.
    Home office Boston, Ma.
    First year 1902
  • Type Owner
    Owner Miss Effie Jenks
    Home office Santa Fe, N.M.

Comments on the production information

  • LINDGREN (ET AL., 1910) REPORTS PRODUCTION FROM THE ALBEMARLE MINE TOTALLED $667,500 FROM 1899 TO 1902.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT, 8 LEVELS, A 90-FT WINZE BELOW LEVEL 8, AND 5000 FT OF DRIFTS. THE TOTAL DEPTH OF WORKINGS WAS 715 FT. THE MAJOR WORKINGS WERE LOCATED ABOVE THE FIFTH (325-FOOT) LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • THE ALBEMARLE MINE HAS NOT BEEN WORKED SINCE 1902.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 150-162

  • Deposit

    BUNDY, W.M., 1954, M.A. THESIS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY

  • Deposit

    BUNDY, W.M., 1958, NMBMMR BULL 59, P. 13-16

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.S., R.L. SMITH AND R.A. BAILEY, 1961, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 12TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 139-144

  • Deposit

    BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 131-139

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 17-22

  • Deposit

    KUDO, A.M., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 283-287

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ALBEMARLE MINE WAS THE LARGEST AND DEEPEST MINE IN THE COCHITI DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit SEVERAL EAST-WEST FAULTS CAUSE DISPLACEMENTS UP TO 4 FEET. THE FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS-ALBEMARLE, HURON, ONTARIO, AND PAMLICO, COVER AN AREA OF 77.20 ACRES. THE MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER IS 997 A,B,C, AND D, AND THE PATENT NUMBER IS 34559.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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