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

Lat / long:

34.0187, -107.13559

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PODS AND SHOOTS
Other material:	Barite
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1900
Last production ended:	1956

Geology

Host rock:	Lake Valley Limestone;Sandia
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Numerous Minor Faults Strike Northeast And Northwest
Alteration processes:	Silicified Limestone.

References

MRDS	D002927
DEP	10101430
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Hasler, J. William, Menzie, David