Mine detail: Inez Mine

Previously called 'Claims Patented In 1932InezHummerLone Jack'

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Location: Grant County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.54929, -108.35229
dep_id: 10013289
mrds_id: D009509
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Gold
Minor mineral: Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Torbernite
gangue: Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Deposits Localized In Fractured Dikes Adjacent To And Cut By Fault Zones.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Diabase
arock_unit: Burro Mountain Granite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Faults Strike Northeast And Northwest. Dikes Trend Northeast
Year first produced: 1950
yr_lst_prd: 1954
References:
  • Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 93-94, 98, PLATE 7
  • Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Production:: U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
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