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San Francisco Mine

Past Producer in Santa Fe county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten
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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 10087982
MRDS ID D011634
Record type Site
Current site name San Francisco Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: San Francisco Group, San Pedro Group, San Pedro No. 1-3, New Sunset Code

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.10057, 35.25284 (WGS84)
Elevation 2329
Relative position ABOUT 31.2 MILES S 26 W 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

Captain Davis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Western Estancia(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(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 012N 007E 22 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE ADIT SHOWN ON THE MADRID QUADRANGLE. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE BLACK JACK NO. 2 MINE. THE MINES ARE CONCENTRATED ALONG A NORTHWESTERLY TREND FROM GRANTS TO SMITH LAKE. THE MARIANO LAKE (1963) QUADRANGLE ALSO COVERS A PORTION OF THIS DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madera Limestone
    Rock description Madera Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.10057, 35.25284
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Dome-Like Warp

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 10 TO 20 W
    Dip 15 TO 30 E
    Thickness 51.82M
    Length 39.62M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSITS OCCUR IN BOTH THE BRUSHY BASIN AND WESTWATER CANYON MEMBERS OF THE MORRISON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Year of first production 1887

Mining district

District name New Placers District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Potter And Sims
    Home office 1500 Los Lomas Rd; Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1957

Comments on the production information

  • THESE FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE COMPANY AND/OR GOVERNMENT CONFIDENTIALDATA

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ACCESSIBLE 175-FOOT ADIT WITH 75-FOOT CROSSCUT; AN INCLINED SHAFT 270 FEET DEEP; 2 ADITS, EACH 90 FEET LONG AND 15 SMALL OPEN CUTS AND SHORT ADITS.
  • THE MINES WERE WORKED USING MODIFIED ROOM AND PILLAR METHODS.

Comments on development

  • THE MARIANO LAKE MINE OPERATED BY GULF RESOURCES CORP. IS THE ONLY MINE PRESENTLY IN OPERATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950-1951
Deposit SPARSE SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS WITH COPPER SULFIDES AND OXIDES, GOLD AND PYRITE ALONG 3 BEDDING PLANE FRACTURES IN A HIGHLY SILICIFIED AND GARNETIZED LIMESTONE.
Deposit THE ORE IS FOUND ASSOCIATED WITH CARBONACEOUS DEBRIS IN TABULAR OR IRREGULAR POD-LIKE SHAPES. THE ORE HORIZON IS OFTEN FOUND IN COARSE-GRAINED SANDSTONE OR IN LOWER CHANNEL SANDSTONES.
Deposit SEE ALSO: ALTA MINE; BLACK JACK NO. 1 MINE, BLACK JACK NO. 2 MINE, EVELYN MINE, FRANCIS MINE, AND MARIANO LAKE MINE, RED TOP MINE, RUBY NO. 1 AND NO. 2 DECLINE RUBY NO. 3 AND NO. 4 DECLINE, AND SILVER BIT MINE. MCLEMORE'S (1983) OPEN-FILE REPORT HAS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1880'S

Reporter information

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

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