Old Hickory Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013653
MRDS ID D010066
Record type Site
Current site name Old Hickory Mine
Related records 10272017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.73611, 34.2062 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 8.5 MI S 80 W OF CORONA, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rough Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gallo Arroyo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 001S 012E 19 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A COMPOSITE OF SEVERAL CHANNEL SAMPLES CONTAINED 56.0% CAF2, 15.1% SIO2, 15.4% BASO4, 2.3% CAO.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Yeso
    Rock description Yeso

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.73611, 34.2062

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 59.44M
    Width 3.96M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Fault Along The Contact Between Sandstone And Trachyte Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Gallinas Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edna Lehman Davis And Adele Lehman
    Home office Alhambra, Ca.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT, FROM THE BOTTOM OF WHICH AN INCLINE CUTS ACROSS THE VEIN; A SHAFT ABOUT 200 FT DEEP, WITH DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS DEVELOPED AT THE 100 AND 200 FT LEVELS; AND AN ADIT, WINZE, AND INCLINE THAT CONNECT THE DEEP SHAFT WITH THE SURFACE AT A POINT 45 FT BELOW THE COLLAR OF THE SHAFT. SEVERAL PITS WERE DUG BY THE PROSPECTORS AND TRENCHES AND CORE-DRILL HOLES WERE MADE BY THE USBM IN EXPLORING THE DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 76-77.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 118-119.

  • Deposit

    SOULE, JH, 1946, USBM RI 3854, P. 7-8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORITE OCCURS WITH BARITE, CALCITE, DOLOMITE, QUARTZ, AND MINOR GALENA AND MALACHITE IN A BRECCIA VEIN ADJACENT TO A TRACHYTE DIKE IN QUARTZITE. THE ORE BODY IS 195 FT LONG AND ABOUT 13 FT WIDE. IT NARROWS TO ABOUT 11 FT AT THE 100 FT LEVEL AND 3 FT AT THE 200 FT LEVEL.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references