Mine detail: Jay Hawk Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claims: Jay HawkAlpineNational: Patented In 1897'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.67726, -105.42334

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Argentite, Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	FISSURES
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	The National Vein Is A Shear Zone Over 2 Miles Long Passing Through The Buffalo Mine To The East And Through The Inferno And Caribel Properties To The West.
Alteration processes:	Silicification Is Common.

References

MRDS	D008288
DEP	10012593
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 87}{Deposit:: REED, E.F., 1922 RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, M.S. THESIS, P. 17-19}{Deposit:: SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 86-88}{Deposit:: CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 115, PLATE 1, MAP 2}
Reporter	Menzie, David