Atwood Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, 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. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010008
MRDS ID D003349
Record type Site
Current site name Atwood Mine
Alternate or previous names Atwood-Henry Clay Group: Patented Claims, Atwood, Henry Clay, Yellow Jacket, Bessie, Florence: Southern Group, Patented Claims, Southern, Valedon Nos. 1 and 2, Road, Plumbo, New Year Nos. 1 and 2: Alamo Mine
Related records 10247137

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.74007, 32.31845 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 MILES S 40 W OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023S;023S 018W;019W 12;07 E2 (12); W2 (07) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE LORDSBURG TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.74007, 32.31845

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip 70 SOUTH
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1961

Mining district

District name Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ted Brannon And Marvin Fuller
    Home office Silver City, N.M.
    First year 1961
  • Type Owner
    Owner Werner Lake Nickel Mines, Ltd.
    Home office Toronto, Can.
    First year 1960

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Period 1881-1953
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 59g/mt
  • Year 1953
    Period 1881-1953
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 1wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Period 1881-1953
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 2g/mt
  • Year 1955
    Period 1955
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 158g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
  • Year 1960
    Period 1958-1960
    Material ORE
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 101.6g
    Major Ore Gold Gold 1.41g

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES IN 1953 - ABOUT 67,000 ST OF .06OZ AU, 2.1 OZ AG, 1.4 % CU

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1949 CONSISTED OF THE MAIN SHAFT WHICH WAS ABOUT 750 FT. DEEP WITH MORE THAN 4000 FT. OF WORKINGS ON SIX LEVELS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, AN ADIT AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS. WORKINGS IN THE HENRY CLAY MINE ARE REPORTED SEPARATELY AND ARE NOT INCLUDED HERE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 332-335

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1938 USGS BULL 885, P. 53-54

  • Deposit

    HUNTINGTON, M.G., 1947 USBM RI-4029, 9 PAGES

  • Deposit

    STORMS, W.R., 1949 USBM IC-7502, 11 PAGES

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 85-88

  • Deposit

    FLEGE, R.F., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 62, P. 26-29

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., 1970 NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 107-113

  • Deposit

    THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S
Deposit AN ORE SHOOT ON THE SOUTH ATWOOD VEIN WAS ABOUT 1500 FT. LONG, 400 FT. WIDE AND AVERAGED 5 FT. IN THICKNESS. TWELVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 66, 68, 70, 1483, 1484 AND 1768 COVERING ABOUT 200 ACRES.
Deposit VALUE PRODUCED 1881-1953 - $2,320,000. DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D003040 BY J. WILLIAM HASLER, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS, HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Richter, D. H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-78 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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