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Inez Mine

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087890
MRDS ID D010615
Record type Site
Current site name Inez Mine
Alternate or previous names Mcdaniels Group: Claims, Inez, Vision, Day Dream
Related records 10174483

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.72893, 32.56512 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position ABOUT 21 MILES N05E 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 13 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE INEZ CLAIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

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;Percha Shale
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.72893, 32.56512
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rock Beneath An Impermeable Shale.

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 1927

Mining district

District name Cooks Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Owens, A. L.
    Home office Deming, N.M.
    First year 1927
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. E. Mcdaniels
    Home office Deming, N.M.
    First year 1940

Production statistics

  • Year 1925
    Period 1925
    Material ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 28.16% Zn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Zinc Zinc 28wt-pct
  • Year 1927
    Period 1904 To 1927
    Material PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 18.16% Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 18wt-pct
  • Year 1927
    Period 1904 To 1927
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 2.12 Oz Ag/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 60g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1904, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1919, 1924, 1925, AN D 1927.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    NMBMMR BULL 37, P. 66, TABLE 7.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1949.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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