Mine detail: Henry Clay Mine

Previously called 'Atwood-Henry Clay Group: Claim Patented In 1886'

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.31762, -108.74702
dep_id: 10010009
mrds_id: D003350
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Minor mineral: Zinc, Gold, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
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
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1962
disc_yr: 1875
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, 62 P.
  • 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:: HUNTINGTON, M.G., 1947 USBM RI-4029, 9 PAGES
  • 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
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