French Henry Mine

Past Producer in Colfax county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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 10012974
MRDS ID D009015
Record type Site
Current site name French Henry Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims, French Henry, Yellow Dog No. 1 and 2, Claude No. 3, Mountain Witch, Jill, Jack, Jill Mill Site, Jack Mill Site

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.19139, 36.64032 (WGS84)
Elevation 3231
Relative position ABOUT 46 MILES S 67 W OF RATON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colfax(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cimarron(hydrologic unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Colfax

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028N 016E 24 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT OF THE FRENCH HENRY MINE AS SHOWN ON THE UTE PARK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Pierre Shale;Raton Formation
    Rock description Pierre Shale;Raton Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.19139, 36.64032

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs In Faults, Fractures And Along The Shale-Sandstone Contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Discoverer Henry Bordeaux
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Baldy District: Ponil District: Baldy Mountain: South Ponil Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner French Henry Mining Co.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry Ashbaugh
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 259.08M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF FIVE OR SIX ADITS RANGING FROM ABOUT 100 FT. TO 400 FT. IN LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 99

  • Deposit

    PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946 NMBMMR OFR-15, P. 34-35

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    WANEK, A.A., AND OTHERS, 1964 USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-425

  • Deposit

    PETITT, R.F., JR., 1966 NMGS GUIDEBOOK SEVENTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P.66-75

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 119-123, PLATE1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9 CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 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