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Peralta Canyon Mines

Past Producer in Sandoval county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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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 10014467
MRDS ID D011256
Record type Site
Current site name Peralta Canyon Mines
Alternate or previous names Mine: Peralta Lion Mines, Patented Claims 1926: Peralta Lion No. 1-5, Peralta A 1, Toby Group-- Teddy No. 1-2, Toby, Old Crow No. 1-2, Unpatented Claims: Great Western, Aunt Betsy, Obs No. 1-2, Independent, Dependent, Tomboy, Governor, The Wedge, White Horse, Red Horse, Peralta Lion 6-8, Peralta Big B

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.50059, 35.70838 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position ABOUT 28.0 MILES N 5 E 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

Bear Springs Peak(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 004E 10,15 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR POINT ON THE OLD CROW #2 CLAIM. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS UNSURVEYED IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Keres Group
    Rock description Keres Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.50059, 35.70838
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Large Fractured Areas In The Rhyolite

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NORTHERLY
    Dip EASTWARD AND WESTWARD

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In The Rhyolite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer Arthur Knaebel And G.S. Ostander (?)
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1925

Mining district

District name Cochiti District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mont De Lion Mining Co.
    Home office Peralta Canyon, N.M.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Miss Effie Jenks
    Home office Santa Fe, N.M.

Comments on the production information

  • THERE ARE NO PRODUCTION RECORDS FOR PERALTA CANYON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 363.93M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL ADITS ON EACH CLAIM. THE AUNT BETSY HAS TWO ADITS, 106-FT AND 169.5-FT LONG, THE GREAT WESTERN HAS AN ADIT 71-FT LONG, THE GOVERNOR HAS TWO ADITS TOTALLING 215.3 FEET, THE A-1 HAS TWO ADITS TOTALLING 181 FEET AND AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH 150 FEET OF CROSSCUTS, THE PERALTA NO. 1 HAS A 46-FOOT LONG ADIT, THE PERALTA NO. 2 HAS 206 FEET OF ADIT, A SHAFT AND AN 80-FT WINZE, AND THE PERALTA NO. 3 HAS A 25-FT OPEN CUT AND A 75-FT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BLACKBURN, W.H., 1921, "MONT DE LION MINING COMPANY-SANDOVAL COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, COCHITI MINING DISTRICT"

  • Deposit

    CHENOWETH, W.L., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 309-315

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY LITTLE HAS BEEN WRITTEN ON THE GEOLOGY OF PERALTA CANYON. THERE ARE TWO GROUPS OF PATENTED CLAIMS IN THE CANYON. MINERAL SURVEY NO. 1875 AND PATENT 989033 (1926) COVER THE PERALTA LION GROUP (PERALTA LION 1-5 AND PERALTA LION "A"-1). MINERAL SURVEY NO. 1883 AND PATENT 989035 (1926) COVER THE TOBY GROUP (TOBY, TEDDY 1-2, AND OLD CROW 1-2).
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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