Faywood Mine

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014014
MRDS ID D010617
Record type Site
Current site name Faywood Mine
Alternate or previous names Faywood Lead Co. Mine, John Dennis Mine
Related records 10174647

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.74504, 32.5654 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 20.75 MILES DUE NORTH OF DEMING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

OK Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020S 009W 14 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE SOU THWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 14.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.74504, 32.5654

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rock Adjacent To Fractures A Nd Faults.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Cooks Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. M. Dennis
    Home office Deming, N.M.
    First year 1937

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Period 1913 To 1918
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 26.9% Zn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 27wt-pct
  • Year 1937
    Period 1904 To 1937
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 6.8 Oz Ag/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 192g/mt
  • Year 1937
    Period 1904 To 1937
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 30.9% Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 31wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE FROM 1904 TO 1908, 1912 TO 1919, 1933, AND 1 937.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 87-289

  • Deposit

    JICHA, H.L., JR., 1954 NMBMMR BULL 37, P. 60-66, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    NMBMMR BULL 37, P. 66, TABLE 7.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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