Robert E. Lee Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10010030
MRDS ID D003380
Record type Site
Current site name Robert E. Lee Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1914, Robert E. Lee
Related records 10198792

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.75952, 32.25291 (WGS84)
Elevation 1379
Relative position ABOUT 7.5 MILES S 25 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

Gary(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 024S 019W 01,02 NW (01); NE (02) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE GARY TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.75952, 32.25291

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike NORTHEAST
    Dip SOUTHEAST

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
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Lordsburg District: Pyramid Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hughes, Willie
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. M. Reynolds
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 71.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1907 CONSISTED OF THE MAIN SHAFT CONTAINING THREE LEVELS WITH ABOUT 500 FT. OF DRIFTS AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS WITH NO DEVELOPMENTAL WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1509.
Deposit PRODUCED $110,000 WORTH IN 1894-1898 ; 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-FEB-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