Grand Central Mine

Past Producer in Santa Fe county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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 10014702
MRDS ID D011589
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Central Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Cash Entry No. 99, Fascination, Revelation, Adoration, Mine: Grand Central Tunnel
Related records 10248183

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.11418, 35.46812 (WGS84)
Elevation 1879
Relative position ABOUT 19.2 MILES S37W OF SANTA FE, NM.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Santa Fe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014N 008E 05,06 NW (05); NE (06) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result DISBROW AND STOLL (1957, P. 60) REPORT THAT THE ORE AVERAGED 4 OZS. AG/TON, 7% PB, 1870 ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Espinosa Volcanics
    Rock description Espinosa Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Espinosa Volcanics
    Rock description Espinosa Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.11418, 35.46812

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults And Shear Zones
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip 85
    Length 152.4M
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Fissure System And Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Discoverer Warner, Atkinson And Beckroy
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Cerrillos District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Moline Mining And Milling Co.
    Home office Cerrillos, N.M.
    First year 1952

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1890-1893, THE GRAND CENTRAL PRODUCED 4,800 TONS OF ORE THAT AVERAGED 4 OZS. AG/TON, 7% PB AND 18% ZN. IT WAS REPORTED TO BE THE LARGEST ORE PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT AT ONE TIME. (DISBROW AND STOLL, 1957, P. 60)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, PROSPECT PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS. A 500-FT TUNNEL BEARING N50W EXTENDS INTO THE HILL. AT 380 FEET FROM THE PORTAL THERE IS A DRIFT THAT EXTENDS 40 FEET NORTH ON AN IRON-STAINED SHEAR ZONE. A WINZE, SUNK AT AN ANGLE OF 80 DEGREES IN THE FLOOR OF THE DRIFT, IS REPORTED TO BE 500 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 164-167

  • Deposit

    DISBROW, A.E., AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 60

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 30-33

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN ON THE SURFACE IS TRACEABLE, DISCONTINUOUSLY FOR 500 FEET. IT ROUGHLY PARALLELS THE OTHER VEINS IN THE VICINITY. THE VISIBLE PARTS OF THE VEIN ARE THIN BANDS OF ALTERED MONZONITE PORPHYRY, STAINED WITH LIMONITE AND MANGANESE OXIDE. THE GRAND CENTRAL LIES JUST SOUTH OF THE ANCIENT TURQUOISE MINES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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