Mine detail: Little Mack Mine

Previously called 'Claims Patented In 1892Little MackHenry Clay'

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.7626, -105.76055
dep_id: 10014066
mrds_id: D010685
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver, Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Electrum, Gold, Huebnerite
gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Underground
model: 84: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Monzonite
arock_type: Monzonite
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1940
disc_yr: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 179-182
  • Deposit:: DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 29-33
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 38-39, PLATES 3 AND 5
  • Deposit:: SMITH, C.T., AND BUDDING, A.J., 1959 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-11
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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