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Rattlesnake Mine 1877

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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 10072170
MRDS ID W016625
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake Mine 1877
Alternate or previous names Snake Mine: Principal Claim, Rattlesnake Patented In 1890. Reported To Be Part of The, Opportunity and Rattlesnake Group of Claims,, See Opportunity Mine For Listing of Claims.
Related records 10127016

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.55393, 32.94233 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position ABOUT 23 MILES S 55 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 007W 03 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN WHITMAN NATIONAL FOREST. PLACERS WERE WORKED ALONG BURNT RIVER FROM ABOUT GREENHORN CREEK TO NEAR WHITMAN. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MOUTH OF MC NAMEE GULCH
  • MAIN ENTRANCE IS LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILLSBORO NEAR THE MOUTH OF SNAKE GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME GOLD IS COARSE TO FINE AND FLOURY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Paleozoic rocks, undivided
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Is Within A Fracture Which Is Part Of A Radiating System Of Fractures Associated With Copper Flat Porphyry.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 914.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Rising Mineralized Solutions Were Channeled Along Fault-Fracture Zones And Localized In Voids And Brecciated Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVELS RANGE FROM EOCENE TO RECENT.
  • FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1877
Year of first production 1877
Year of last production 1923

Mining district

District name Hillsboro District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Edward Tittman Hillsboro, N. M.
    First year 1928
  • Type Owner
    Owner Statehood Mines Co.
    First year 1914

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED YIELD FROM PLACERS IN GREENHORN DISTRICT INCLUDING BONANZA AND WHITNEY AREAS IS AT LEAST $1,568,000. DURING RECENT YEARS (BROOKS AND RAMP, 1968) THERE HAS BEEN A SMALL, ANNUAL OUTPUT FROM WINTERVILLE HYDRAULIC PLACERS. UNVERIFIED BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION
  • REPORTED VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1877 TO 1931 WAS ESTIMATED AT 1500000 DOLLARS AND TOTAL PRODUCTION OF GOLD WAS REPORTED TO BE ABOUT 47000 OZ.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE STREAMS WHICH DRAIN INTO THE NORTH FORK OF BURNT RIVER HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY WORKED FOR PLACER GOLD. DREDGING AND HYDRAULIC MINING
  • THE MAIN SHAFTS WERE REPORTED TO BE CAVED AND THE WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE IN 1934. A LONGITUDINAL SECTION ADAPTED FROM OLD MAPS INDICATED AT LEAST 5000 FT OF DRIFTING, EXTENSIVE STOPING, NUMEROUS UNDERGROUND LEVELS AND TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS ABOUT 500 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1889

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN,W., GRATON,L.C., AND GORDON,C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P.275

  • Deposit

    HARLEY,G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P.151-154

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND,D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    HEDLUND, 1977 AND HARLEY, 1934 P.141

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEPARATE RECORDS FOR PARKERVILLE M014096 AND SCHAUB M014060. INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M014096, M014060.
Deposit VEIN CONSISTS OF A STRONGLY FRACTURED ZONE OF ANDESITE RANGING FROM 4 FT TO 8 FT WIDE AND CONTAINING SHOOTS AND POCKETS OF ORE IN MINERALIZED QUARTZ SEAMS. ONE PATENTED CLAIM COVERING 16.2656 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Weeks, Robert New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAR-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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