Mine detail: Eighty-Five Mine

Previously called 'Includes the Superior MineDundee Mine and Jim Crow Mine: Eighty-Five Group.'

Location:	Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long:	32.31456, -108.75174
dep_id:	10010005
mrds_id:	D003346
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper, Gold, Silver
Minor mineral:	Lead, Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
orebody_fm:	PINCH AND SWELL
work_type:	Underground
ore_ctrl:	Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter:	Richter, D. H., Menzie, David
hrock_type:	Andesite
arock_type:	Andesite
Structure:	Northeast Striking Vein Set.
yr_lst_prd:	1973
disc_yr:	1885
References:	Deposit:: LASKY, S. G., 1938, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LORDSBURG MINING DISTRICT, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 885, 62P. Deposit:: CLARK, K. F., 1970, ZONING, PARAGENESIS, AND TEMPERATURES OF FORMATION IN THE LORDSBURG DISTRICT: IN NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONF., TYRONE-BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS-FLORIDA MOUNTAINS REGION, P 107. Deposit:: JONES, F. A., 1907, THE LORDSBURG MINING REGION, NEW MEXICO: ENG. MINING JOUR. V 84, P 445. Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, P. 335. Deposit:: YOUTZ, R.B., 1931 USBM IC-6413, 26 PAGES Deposit:: ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 85-88 Deposit:: FLEGE, R.F., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 62, P. 26-29 Deposit:: THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151 Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA