Mine detail: Jay Hawk Mine

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

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Location: Taos County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.67726, -105.42334
dep_id: 10012593
mrds_id: D008288
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: FISSURES
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicification Is Common.
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_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.
disc_yr: 1895
References:
  • 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
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