| Deposit ID | 10014699 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011586 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Franklin Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Franklyn, Patented Claim: Franklin Franklyn |
| Related records | 10199360 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.1114, 35.46645 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1878 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 19.2 MILES S37W OF SANTA FE, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Fe(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Picture Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Albuquerque(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Santa Fe |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 014N | 008E | 05 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Result | A LEAD CONCENTRATE CONTAINING 63% PB AND A ZINC CONCENTRATE CONTAING 49% ZN WAS PRODUCED IN 1945. |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Espinosa Volcanics | ||||||||
| Rock description | Espinosa Volcanics | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Espinosa Volcanics |
| Rock description | Espinosa Volcanics |
| (1) | -106.1114, 35.46645 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults And Shear Zones |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N38E |
| Dip | 75 TO 80 NW |
| Thickness | 9.14M |
| Length | 91.44M |
| Width | 4.57M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of first production | 1909 |
| Year of last production | 1946 |
| District name | Cerrillos District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Occidental Minerals Corp. |
| Home office | 777 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood, Co. 80226 |
| First year | 1979 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 91.44M |
| Overall depth | 29.57M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011586 |
LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 163-167
DISBROW, A.E. AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 60-62
ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 31
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE EXPOSED ON THE 90-FT. LEVEL IN THE FRANKLIN IS UNLIKE OTHER ORE SHOOTS IN THE DISTRICT. COARSE GALENA AND SPHALERITE OCCUR AS SMALL LENSES, ROUNDED MASSES, AND DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS IN A ZONE OF HIGHLY SERICITIZED HORNBLENDE MONZONITE PORPHYRY. GANGUE MINERALS ARE SCARCE. SHEARING HAS BEEN VERY SLIGHT; THE SOFT, HIGHLY SHEARED ROCK CHARACTERISTIC OF MOST OF THE VEINS IN THE DISTRICT IS ABSENT. THE LIMITS OF THE ORE SHOOT ARE DETERMINED ONLY BY THE LOCALIZATION OF THE SULFIDES SINCE THERE ARE NO VISIBLE WALLS. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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