Henry Clay Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010009
MRDS ID D003350
Record type Site
Current site name Henry Clay Mine
Alternate or previous names Atwood-Henry Clay Group: Claim Patented In 1886, Henry Clay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.74702, 32.31762 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Relative position ABOUT 2.75 MILES S 47 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 019W 12 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE LORDSBURG TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.74702, 32.31762

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

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 1962

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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM THE HENRY CLAY MINE IS GENERALLY REPORTED WITH PRODUCTION FROM THE ATWOOD MINE. BOTH MINES WERE OWNED BY THE ATWOOD MINING CO. DURING THE PERIOD OF GREATEST PRODUCTION, 1934 TO 1954.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 150,000 ST ORE WITH 0.01 OZ AU, 1.3 OZ AG, 2 % CU

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1978 CONSISTED OF AN 800 FT. SHAFT WITH FIVE WORKING LEVELS. THE HENRY CLAY MINE IS CONNECTED TO THE ATWOOD MINE BY A CROSSCUT ON THE 400 FT. LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 70 COVERING 20.59 ACRES. JUNCTION OF E-TRENDING ATWOOD VEIN AND NE-TRENDING EMERALD VEIN IN ANDESITE.
Deposit VALUE PRODUCED: TO 1929-$50,000; 1930-1931 - $145,000; 1956-1962 - $1,300,000 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references