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Alhambra Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Nickel, Cobalt, Uranium
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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 10101798
MRDS ID D009501
Record type Site
Current site name Alhambra Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims Patented In the Early 1890's and Late 1880's, Alhambra, Butternut, Good Hope, Pumpkin, Stonewall
Related records 10247152

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.50951, 32.7215 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position ABOUT 14 MILES S 74 W 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

Bullard Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 018S 016W 21 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE REDROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
  • LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1967)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chloanthite Ore
Erythrite Ore
Galena Ore
Millerite Ore
Niccolite Ore
Nickel Skutterudite Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Silver Ore
Skutterudite Ore
Smaltite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Twin Peaks Monzonite
    Rock description Twin Peaks Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.50951, 32.7215
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along A Northeast Trending Fracture Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 15 E
    Dip 70 TO 75 SE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 15.24M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MADISON GROUP, RED LION FM, SILVER HILL FM AND FLAT HEAD FM ARE ALSO FOUND IN THE RACETRACK DISTRICT. VERY LITTLE PLACER PRODUCTION WAS DONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Year of first production 1881
Year of last production 1960

Mining district

District name Black Hawk District: Burro Mountains; Bullard Peak Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hondo Mining
    Home office Box 2179, Silver City, N.M. 88061
    First year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sharon Steel Corp.
    Home office Box 406, Hanover, N.M. 88041
    First year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION VALUE FOR SILVER ORES PRODUCED SINCE 1881 HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AS 400000 DOLLARS.
  • MOST ACTIVE PERIOD FOR PRODUCTION WAS DURING THE DEPRESSION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 128.02M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH SEVEN WORKING LEVELS CONTAINING AT LEAST 2000 FT. OF DRIFTS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A SHORT ADIT. MUCH OF THE UPPER PART OF THE MINE IS CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Comments on development

  • FIRST PLACER WAS LOCATED IN 1895, NO FURTHER ACTIVITY UNTIL 1901. BY THE END OF 1905 A TOTAL OF 89 LODES AND 40 PLACER CLAIMS HAD BEEN LOCATED. MAJOR MINES: DARK HORSE, AMAZON, RACETRACK PLACER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 324-325

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., AND WHITEBREAD, D.H., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-K, P. 283-311

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BUL 83, P. 142-148, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    JONES, F.A., 1904, NM MINES AND MINERALS: SANTA FE, NM PRINTING CO.

  • Deposit

    LOVERING, T.G., 1952, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 163

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS HIGH-GRADE PODS, STREAKS, VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATIONS IN THE CARBONATE GANGUE. ORE SHOOTS EXTENDING 50 FT. VERTICALLY, 30 FT. HORIZONTALLY AND 3 FT. IN WIDTH HAVE BEEN MINED. FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 480, 546, 547, 548 AND 869 COVERING 85.53 ACRES.
Deposit MAJOR MINE THE DARK HORSE HAD REPLACEMENT LENSES IN LIMESTONE, ALSO FISSURE VEINS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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