Mine detail: Merry Widow Mine

Previously called 'Duece-In-The-HoleBlue BirdBlue Bird Nos. 1 and 2ClaimsMerry WidowAcmeAcme No.1Merry Widow No.1Ace-In-The-Hole'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.05207, -108.38339

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Bismuth
Ore:	Bismutite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Torbernite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1925

Geology

Host type:	Diabase
Associated rock:	Burro Mountain Granite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Faults Strike East-Northeast And Dikes Trend Northwest In The Vicinity Of The Mine.
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization, Sericitization

References

MRDS	D009511
DEP	10013291
Reference	{Deposit:: GRANGER, H.C., AND BAUER, H.L., JR., 1951 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, REPT. TEM-146A,7 PAGES}{Deposit:: GRANGER, H.C., AND BAUER, H.L., JR., 1952 USGS CIRC 186, 16 PAGES}{Deposit:: LOVERING, T.G., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-L, P. 329-341}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 94-95, PLATES 7, 9 AND 10}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Menzie, David