Mine detail: Robert E. Lee Mine

Previously called 'Claim Patented In 1914Robert E. Lee'

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.25291, -108.75952
dep_id: 10010030
mrds_id: D003380
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Underground
alteration: Chloritization
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Richter, D. H., Menzie, David
hrock_type: Quartz Latite
arock_type: Quartz Latite
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1940
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, 361P.
  • 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 444
  • Deposit:: JONES, F.A., 1907 ENG. AND MINING JOUR., VOL 85, P. 444-445
  • Deposit:: THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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