Mine detail: Mahoney Mines

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

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Location: Luna County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.93403, -107.76254
dep_id: 10009948
mrds_id: D003250
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc
Minor mineral: Lead, Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Galena, Hydrozincite, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite
gangue: Calcite, Garnet, Pyrite, Wollastonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Localized In Favorable Host Rock.
Reporter: Hasler, J. William, Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Escabrosa Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Tres Hermanas Stock
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1951
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • 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
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