| Deposit ID | 10009948 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003250 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mahoney Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Patented Claims, Contention, Dona Susan, Minnie Helen, New Years Gift, Comfort, Homestead, Flat Foot: Unpatented Claims, Mildred, Watch Dog Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.76254, 31.93403 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1372 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 23 MILES DUE SOUTH OF DEMING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Luna(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
West Lime Hills(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Luna |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 027S | 009W | 21,28 | SE (21); NE (28) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Hydrozincite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Willemite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Wollastonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Tres Hermanas Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Tres Hermanas Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Escabrosa Limestone |
| Rock description | Escabrosa Limestone |
| (1) | -107.76254, 31.93403 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| Year of last production | 1951 |
| District name | Tres Hermanas District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. A. Mahoney, Inc. |
| Home office | Deming, N.M. |
| First year | 1951 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Clarke Realty And Investment Co., J.A. Mahoney, Inc., And Mary Mahoney Carney |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003250 |
LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1909 USGS BULL 380, P. 125
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 292-295
DARTON, N.H., 1916 USGS BULL 618, P. 79-82
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 45-54, PLATES 1 AND 2
DORAIBABU, P., AND PROCTOR, P.D., 1972 NMBMMR TARGET EXPLORATION REPORT E-4, 9 PAGES
BALK, ROBERT, 1962 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-16
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IS FOUND IN MANTOS AND FISSURE FILLINGS. SEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 155 AND 2168 COVERING 134.64 ACRES. TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-78 | Hasler, J. William | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-APR-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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