Old Dude Mine

The Old Dude Mine is a lead, zinc, gold, and silver mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,180 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Old Dude Mine
Secondary: Principal Claims: Anniversary
Secondary: Bulldog

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Vanadium
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Macho District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Wesco Minerals Inc
Years: 1964 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1928
Discovery Year: 1879
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: See Comments

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Hemimorphite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEE MACHO DISTRICT FOR MAJOR REGIONAL TRENDS, STRUCTURES AND GENERAL GEOLOGY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): OLD DUDE VEIN CUTS OBLIQUELY ACROSS A SERIES OF VEINS AND ALTERED LINEAR STREAKS. OLD DUDE IS KNOWN TO DIP STEEPLY TO THE WEST AND FLATTEN WITH DEPTH. 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): THE OLD DUDE SHAFT CONNECTS WITH THE ANNIVERSARY SHAFT 300 FT TO THE SOUTH ON THE 100 FT AND 300 FT LEVELS. SOUTH OF THE ANNIVERSARY LEVEL AT 200 FT, 400 FT AND 500 FT HAVE BEEN DRIVEN. THREE LARGE AREAS HAVE BEEN STOPED AND AN OLD RAISE FROM THE 100 FT LEVEL IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE ANNIVERSARY.

Comment (Production): THE OLD DUDE MINE IS REPORTED TO CONTAIN ORE RESERVES ESTIMATED AT 50000 TONS WITH MOST OF THIS OCCURRING ABOVE THE 300 FT LEVEL. PAST PRODUCTION FIGURES SHOW 1000 TONS PRIOR TO 1904 AND 1640 TONS BETWEEN 1926 AND 1928. PAST PRODUCTION INDICATES THAT THE ORE AVERAGES ABOUT 0.05 OZ AU/TON, 6 TO 10 OZ AG/TON, 10 TO 15 % PB, 2 TO 4 % ZN AND 0.28 % V205.

Comment (Development): D G FINGADO REPORTED THAT WESCO MINERALS INC WAS BUILDING A MILL WITH 50 TO 60 TONS OF ORE PER DAY CAPACITY AND WAS PUMPING TO LOWER THE WATER LEVEL IN THE MINE (1964).

Comment (Location): 0.5 MILES WEST OF THE WALLACE RANCH NEAR MACHO CREEK

Comment (Commodity): IN SOME AREAS THE VEINS CONTAIN STRINGERS OF PYROLUSITE AND PSILOMELANE.

References

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G. T., 1934, NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 10, P. 184-190

Reference (Deposit): JICHA, H L JR, 1954 NMBMMR BULL 37, P74

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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