Lindy Ann 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097873
MRDS ID D010505
Record type Site
Current site name Lindy Ann Mine
Related records 10248376

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.72699, 31.93014 (WGS84)
Elevation 1394
Relative position ABOUT 23.5 MILES S 05 E 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

North Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Columbus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Paso(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 027S 009W 26 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE NORTH PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGL E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Tres Hermanas Stock
    Rock description Tres Hermanas Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.72699, 31.93014

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized In Favorable Host Rocks Adjacent To A Nort H Striking Fault Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Tres Hermanas District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Petrographic, Inc.
    Home office Synder, Texas
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner John M. Crump
    First year 1930

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF A SHALLOW SHAFT, SEVERAL S HORT ADITS, AND MANY PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P.54-55, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    BALK, ROBERT, 1961 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-16

  • Deposit

    DORAIBABU, P., AND PROCTOR, P.D., 1972 NMBMMR TARGET EXPLORATION RE PORT E-4, 9 PAGES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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.

External references