The Rickardite Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.45611, -106.56472
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Rickardite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rickardite Mine
Secondary: Rickardite Claim
Secondary: Jim Fisk Claim
Secondary: Jim Fisk Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tellurium
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: Cooperative Mines, Inc.
Home Office: La Madera, N.M.
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Year Last Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1895
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
Type: L
Description: Axes Of Minor Folds Plunge Northwest And Dip About 30 Degrees.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Rickardite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUGARLOAF PEAK QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY WHICH IS THE MOST VOLATILE-RICH AND ONE OF THE LATEST PHASES OF THE ORGAN BATHOLITH.
Comment (Production): DUNHAM, P. 238, REPORTED ABOUT 2000 DOLLARS WORTH OF OXIDIZED ZINC ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1915.
Comment (Deposit): ONE CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1935 CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED TUNNEL ABOUT 200 FT. LONG, A VERTICAL SHAFT, MANY SHALLOW PITS AND SEVERAL OPEN STOPES.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
References
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 238
Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943 USGS OFR-43, 39 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-90
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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