Mine detail: American Mine

Previously called 'Claim Patented In 1896American: Sometimes Included In the Hele N Rae Group of Claims.'

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.52817, -105.74333
dep_id: 10014015
mrds_id: D010619
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Sierra Blanca Volcanics
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Best Ore Shoots Were Found At Intersections Of The Main Vein And M Inor Crosscutting Veins.
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1935
disc_yr: 1868
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 1 76-178
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 45-50
  • Deposit:: THOMPSON, T.B., 1973 NMBMMR CIRC 123, P. 16, FIGURE 2
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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