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Old Dude Mine

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Vanadium, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008134
MRDS ID D000059
Record type Site
Current site name Old Dude Mine
Alternate or previous names Principal Claims: Anniversary, Bulldog

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.59004, 32.63429 (WGS84)
Elevation 1579
Relative position 35 MILES N 20 E OF DEMING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 019S 007W 29 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MILES WEST OF THE WALLACE RANCH NEAR MACHO CREEK

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN SOME AREAS THE VEINS CONTAIN STRINGERS OF PYROLUSITE AND PSILOMELANE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) See Comments

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Macho Pyroxene Andesite
    Rock description Macho Pyroxene Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.59004, 32.63429
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Confined To Pre-Existing Fissures, Fractures And Minor Faults. Rising Mineralized Solutions Followed These Structures And Were Controlled By Tightness Of The Fractures, Rate And Duration Of The Flows, Composition Of The Solutions And Minor Cross Fracture Intersections.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1928

Mining district

District name Macho District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wesco Minerals Inc
    First year 1964

Comments on the production information

  • THE OLD DUDE MINE IS REPORTED TO CONTAIN ORE RESERVES ESTIMATED AT 50000 TONS WITH MOST OF THIS OCCURRING ABOVE THE 300 FT LEVEL. PAST PRODUCTION FIGURES SHOW 1000 TONS PRIOR TO 1904 AND 1640 TONS BETWEEN 1926 AND 1928. PAST PRODUCTION INDICATES THAT THE ORE AVERAGES ABOUT 0.05 OZ AU/TON, 6 TO 10 OZ AG/TON, 10 TO 15 % PB, 2 TO 4 % ZN AND 0.28 % V205.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE OLD DUDE SHAFT CONNECTS WITH THE ANNIVERSARY SHAFT 300 FT TO THE SOUTH ON THE 100 FT AND 300 FT LEVELS. SOUTH OF THE ANNIVERSARY LEVEL AT 200 FT, 400 FT AND 500 FT HAVE BEEN DRIVEN. THREE LARGE AREAS HAVE BEEN STOPED AND AN OLD RAISE FROM THE 100 FT LEVEL IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE ANNIVERSARY.

Comments on development

  • D G FINGADO REPORTED THAT WESCO MINERALS INC WAS BUILDING A MILL WITH 50 TO 60 TONS OF ORE PER DAY CAPACITY AND WAS PUMPING TO LOWER THE WATER LEVEL IN THE MINE (1964).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G. T., 1934, NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 10, P. 184-190

  • Deposit

    JICHA, H L JR, 1954 NMBMMR BULL 37, P74

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLD DUDE VEIN CUTS OBLIQUELY ACROSS A SERIES OF VEINS AND ALTERED LINEAR STREAKS. OLD DUDE IS KNOWN TO DIP STEEPLY TO THE WEST AND FLATTEN WITH DEPTH. 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Deposit SEE MACHO DISTRICT FOR MAJOR REGIONAL TRENDS, STRUCTURES AND GENERAL GEOLOGY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-73 Fischer, Richard P. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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