Mine detail: Buckeye Mine

Previously called 'Buckeye Group Includes the Mammoth Group of J Claims Patented In1908: Patented ClaimsMammoth No. 2Oro FinoNineveh CopperBuckeye No. 3: Unpatented ClaimsBuckeye Nos. 4 To 8'

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.0187, -107.13559
dep_id: 10101430
mrds_id: D002927
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
other_matl: Barite
orebody_fm: PODS AND SHOOTS
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silicified Limestone.
conc_proc: Oxidation Enrichment.
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Solutions Were Channeled Along Faults And Localized At Favorable Horizons And In Fractures.
Reporter: Hasler, J. William, Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Lake Valley Limestone;Sandia
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Monzonite
Structure: Numerous Minor Faults Strike Northeast And Northwest
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1900
yr_lst_prd: 1956
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 258
  • Deposit:: LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 46-152
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