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Jennie Mines

Occurrence in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
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  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094576
MRDS ID D009525
Record type Site
Current site name Jennie Mines
Alternate or previous names Jennie Group, Claims Patented In 1910, Jennie, No.7, No.9, No.12
Related records 10222922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.64924, 32.72844 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position ABOUT 22 MILES S 81 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redrock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018S;018S 017W;018W 18,19;24 SW (18); NW (19); NE (24) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE REDROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Bullard Peak Series
    Rock description Bullard Peak Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.64924, 32.72844
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name Telegraph Distric : North Copper Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Comanche Mining And Smelting Co.
    First year 1910

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1980 CONSISTED OF AN ADIT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, C.H., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 113

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 164-165

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1263

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION COATS GRANITE AND FILLS NARROW FRACTURES ALONG A NORTHEAST STRIKING FAULT. FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1378 COVERING 82.644 ACRES.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.

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