The Mahoney Mines is a zinc mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 31.93389, -107.76194
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Mahoney Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mahoney Mines
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: Contention
Secondary: Dona Susan
Secondary: Minnie Helen
Secondary: New Years Gift
Secondary: Comfort
Secondary: Homestead
Secondary: Flat Foot: Unpatented Claims
Secondary: Mildred
Secondary: Watch Dog Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Tres Hermanas District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Clarke Realty And Investment Co., J.A. Mahoney, Inc., And Mary Mahoney Carney
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: J. A. Mahoney, Inc.
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Willemite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE WEST LIME HILLS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS FOUND IN MANTOS AND FISSURE FILLINGS. SEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 155 AND 2168 COVERING 134.64 ACRES. TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHAFTS AND ADITS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS. A VERTICAL SHAFT IN THE CENTER OF THE COMFORT CLAIM HAS LEVELS CUT AT 24, 43, 120, AND 198 FT.. THE TWO PRINCIPAL MINES ARE ON THE COMFORT AND CONTENTION CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1909 USGS BULL 380, P. 125
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 292-295
Reference (Deposit): DARTON, N.H., 1916 USGS BULL 618, P. 79-82
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 45-54, PLATES 1 AND 2
Reference (Deposit): DORAIBABU, P., AND PROCTOR, P.D., 1972 NMBMMR TARGET EXPLORATION REPORT E-4, 9 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): BALK, ROBERT, 1962 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-16
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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