The Merrimac Mine is a zinc mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.45583, -106.57250
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Merrimac Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Merrimac Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Organ District: San Augustin Mountains
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: White Sands Missile Range
Owner Name: Ira Wright And Wade White
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1885
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
Form: PODS AND SHOOTS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS LOCATED ABOUT 1500 FEET NORTHWEST OF MERRIMAC SPRING.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ALBRITTON AND NELSON, 1943, ESTIMATED THAT 4000 TONS OF 10 TO 15 % ZN ORE REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THREE ORE SHOOTS WHICH RANGE FROM 2 FT. TO 4 FT. THICK AND FROM 20 FT. TO 40 FT. WIDE. TWO OF THE SHOOTS WERE MINED DOWN DIP FOR A LENGTH OF 200 FT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1950'S CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS, TWO SHAFTS, MANY SHALLOW PITS AND SEVERAL OPEN STOPES.
Comment (Deposit): WORKED MAINLY FOR ZINC ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): THE SUGARLOAF PEAK QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY IS THE MOST VOLATILE-RICH AND ONE OF THE LATEST PHASES OF THE ORGAN BATHOLITH.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B. AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USBM REPT. OF INVEST. 5517, 72P.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-213
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 234
Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, P. 28-30
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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