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Grandview Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Beryllium
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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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087793
MRDS ID D009759
Record type Site
Current site name Grandview Mine
Alternate or previous names Teel Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.80116, 32.87705 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position ABOUT 29 MILES N 76 E 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

Hillsboro Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 009W 32 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE SAN LORENZO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Helvite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Montoya Limestone
    Rock description Montoya Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.80116, 32.87705
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ore Occurs Along The North Striking Grandview Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Replaced Favorable Host Rocks Adjacent To Faults.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1933
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Carpenter District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grandview Mining Co.
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. A. Teel (Estate)
    First year 1951

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period 1933 To 1951
    Material PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 3.71% Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 4wt-pct
  • Year 1951
    Period 1937 To 1951
    Material ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 9.40% Zn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Zinc Zinc 9wt-pct
  • Year 1951
    Period 1933 To 1951
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.22% Cu.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1933, 1937 TO 1945, 1948, 1949 AND 1951.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1940'S CONSISTED OF AN ADIT WITH MORE THAN 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 272

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G. T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 110-112

  • Deposit

    KINNEY, D. M., 1944 USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 18 PAGES

  • Deposit

    HILL, R. S., 1946 USBM RI-3904, 31 PAGES

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 77-79

  • Deposit

    ERICKSEN, G. E., WEDOW, H. JR., AND EATON, G. P., 1970 USGS BULL 1319-E, P. 80-81

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D. C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-900

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIFTEEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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