| Deposit ID | 10010008 |
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| MRDS ID | D003349 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Atwood Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Atwood-Henry Clay Group: Patented Claims, Atwood, Henry Clay, Yellow Jacket, Bessie, Florence: Southern Group, Patented Claims, Southern, Valedon Nos. 1 and 2, Road, Plumbo, New Year Nos. 1 and 2: Alamo Mine |
| Related records | 10247137 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.74007, 32.31845 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 1402 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 2.5 MILES S 40 W OF LORDSBURG. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hidalgo(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Hidalgo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 023S;023S | 018W;019W | 12;07 | E2 (12); W2 (07) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
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| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -108.74007, 32.31845 |
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| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | EAST-WEST |
| Dip | 70 SOUTH |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 457.2M |
| Width | 121.92M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| Year of last production | 1961 |
| District name | Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ted Brannon And Marvin Fuller |
| Home office | Silver City, N.M. |
| First year | 1961 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Werner Lake Nickel Mines, Ltd. |
| Home office | Toronto, Can. |
| First year | 1960 |
| Year | 1953 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1881-1953 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1953 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1881-1953 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1953 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1955 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1955 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1958-1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1219.2M |
| Overall depth | 228.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003349 |
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 332-335
LASKY, S.G., 1938 USGS BULL 885, P. 53-54
HUNTINGTON, M.G., 1947 USBM RI-4029, 9 PAGES
STORMS, W.R., 1949 USBM IC-7502, 11 PAGES
ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 85-88
FLEGE, R.F., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 62, P. 26-29
CLARK, K.F., 1970 NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 107-113
THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Deposit | AN ORE SHOOT ON THE SOUTH ATWOOD VEIN WAS ABOUT 1500 FT. LONG, 400 FT. WIDE AND AVERAGED 5 FT. IN THICKNESS. TWELVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 66, 68, 70, 1483, 1484 AND 1768 COVERING ABOUT 200 ACRES. |
| Deposit | VALUE PRODUCED 1881-1953 - $2,320,000. DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D003040 BY J. WILLIAM HASLER, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS, HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-78 | Richter, D. H. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-78 | Hasler, J. William | U.S. Geological Survey |
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