| Deposit ID | 10073175 |
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| MRDS ID | W019036 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Groundhog Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Includes: Lucky Bill, Denver, C.G. Bell,, And San Jose: Groundhog Unit: Patented Claims, Groundhog, Lucky Bill, San Jose, Ivanhoe |
| Related records | 10150623 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.10644, 32.77094 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 1859 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 10 MILES DUE EAST OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 018S | 012W | 05 | N2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Cubanite | Ore |
| Cuprodescloizite | Ore |
| Endlichite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Vanadinite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Ilvaite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | EARLY ORE - 14% ZN, 10% PB, 5% CU, 340 PPM AG (FOR FIRST 35% OF ORE FROM THE MAIN SHOOT). FLUID INCLUSIONS (PRIMARY) HOMOGENIZE FROM 230 TO 415 DEGREES C. 8.5 TO 6.2 WT% NACL EQUIVALENT, LOCALLY UP TO 26% EQUIVALENT NACL. |
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| Model code | 60 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18c |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Zn-Pb |
| Mark3 model number | 22 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Granodiorite Dikes | ||||
| Rock description | Granodiorite Dikes | ||||
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| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Lake Valley Limestone;Magdalena Group |
| Rock description | Lake Valley Limestone;Magdalena Group |
| (1) | -108.10644, 32.77094 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Hanover Fierro Stock, Santa Rita Stock |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | The Groundhog Fault Strikes N 30 To 50 E. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTHEAST |
| Dip | SOUTHEAST |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1869 |
| Discoverer | Lambeth M. Heath And White Heath Located The Groundhog Claim In 1900, George F. Mcmillan Located The Lucky Bill Claim In 1900, And The San Jose Claim Was Located Prior To 1869 By Unknown Claimants. |
| Year of first production | 1869 |
| Year of last production | 1980 |
| District name | Central District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| First year | 1980 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.), Southwestern Mining Department |
| Home office | P.O. Box 5747, Tucson, Arizona 85703 |
| First year | 1982 |
| Year | 1975 | ||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^12. % Zn-Pb | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 38000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 846000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 220000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 7620M |
| Overall depth | 670.56M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W019036 |
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 317-318
LASKY, S.G., 1930 NMBMMR CIRC 2, 14 PAGES
RICHARD, F.W., 1930 USBM IC-6377, 13 PAGES
SPENCER, A.C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 72-74
LASKY, S.G., 1936 USGS BULL 870, P. 106-117
ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 60-61
HERNON, R.M., JONES, W.R., AND MOORE, S.L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306
THOMPSON, A.J., AND JONES, W.R., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 148-171
JONES, W.R., HERNON, R.M., AND MOORE, S.L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 139 PAGES
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
WORLD MINING 6-25-76 P. 194; MEINERT (1987)
MEINERT (1987)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SKARN ALONG NE-TRENDING GROUND HOG-IVANHOE FAULT AND DIKE SYSTEM WITH ORE LOCALIZED AT JUNCTIONS OF SUBSIDIARY FAULTS, ALONG REOPENED WALLS OF DIKES, AND IN INTENSELY FRACTURED ROCKS. BELOW 360 M. ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT BODIES IN UPPER PALEOZOIC STRATA GENERALLY IN FAVORABLE LIMESTONE BEDS AT THE INTERSECTION OF FAULTS AND HORNBLENDE GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES. OXIDATION AND SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT TO DEPTHS OF 120 M. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 159, 1221, AND 1222 COVERING 61.838 ACRES. SKARN IS ZONED IN METAL RATION, TEMPERATURE OXIDES, SILICATES, AND SULFIDES FROM DISTAL TO PROXIMAL. |
| Deposit | LUCKY BILL = SOUTHWEST ZONE, GROUNDHOG-SAN JOSE = CENTRAL ZONE, IVANHOE = NORTHEAST ZONE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Fischer, Richard P. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1993 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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