Mine detail: Groundhog Mine

Previously called 'Lucky BillSan JoseIvanhoeIncludes: Lucky Bill, Denver, C.G. Bell,And San Jose: Groundhog Unit: Patented Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.77094, -108.10644

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Vanadium, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cubanite, Cuprodescloizite, Endlichite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Clay, Epidote, Hematite, Ilvaite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1869

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1869
Last production ended:	1980

Geology

Host rock:	Lake Valley Limestone;Magdalena Group
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Granodiorite Dikes
Associated type:	Diorite,Rhyolite
Structure:	Hanover Fierro Stock, Santa Rita Stock, The Groundhog Fault Strikes N 30 To 50 E.

References

MRDS	W019036
DEP	10073175
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 317-318}{Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1930 NMBMMR CIRC 2, 14 PAGES}{Deposit:: RICHARD, F.W., 1930 USBM IC-6377, 13 PAGES}{Deposit:: SPENCER, A.C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 72-74}{Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1936 USGS BULL 870, P. 106-117}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 60-61}{Deposit:: HERNON, R.M., JONES, W.R., AND MOORE, S.L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306}{Deposit:: THOMPSON, A.J., AND JONES, W.R., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 148-171}{Deposit:: JONES, W.R., HERNON, R.M., AND MOORE, S.L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 139 PAGES}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: MEINERT, L.D., 1987, SKARN ZONATION AND FLUID EVOLUTION IN THE GROUNDHOG MINE, CENTRAL MINING DISTRICT, NEW MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 82, NO. 3, P. 523-545.}{Production:: WORLD MINING 6-25-76 P. 194; MEINERT (1987)}
Reporter	Fischer, Richard P., Menzie, David, Page, Norman J.