Mine detail: Mahoney Mines

Previously called 'Patented ClaimsContentionDona SusanMinnie HelenNew Years GiftComfortHomesteadFlat Foot: Unpatented ClaimsWatch Dog MineMildred'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.93403, -107.76254

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Lead, Silver, Copper
Ore:	Anglesite, Galena, Hydrozincite, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite
Gangue:	Calcite, Garnet, Pyrite, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1951

Geology

Host rock:	Escabrosa Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Tres Hermanas Stock
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDS	D003250
DEP	10009948
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1909 USGS BULL 380, P. 125}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 292-295}{Deposit:: DARTON, N.H., 1916 USGS BULL 618, P. 79-82}{Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 45-54, PLATES 1 AND 2}{Deposit:: DORAIBABU, P., AND PROCTOR, P.D., 1972 NMBMMR TARGET EXPLORATION REPORT E-4, 9 PAGES}{Deposit:: BALK, ROBERT, 1962 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-16}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Hasler, J. William, Menzie, David