The Mid-Day Zinc Deposit is a zinc mine located in Otero county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,449 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,449 Feet (1,356 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.40278, -106.11028
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Mid-Day Zinc Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
                            
                            Primary: Mid-Day Zinc Deposit
                        
                    
                            Secondary: Alabama Group: Claims Patented In 1903
                        
                    
                            Secondary: Mid Day
                        
                    
                            Secondary: Alabama
                        
                    
                            Secondary: Adah Lee
                        
                    
                            Secondary: R.E.C.
                        
                    
                            Secondary: Monogram
                        
                
Commodity
                                        
                Primary: Zinc
                
                            
                Secondary: Copper
                
                            
                Secondary: Lead
                
                        
Location
                                                State: New Mexico 
                                                County: Otero 
                                                District: Orogrande 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
Not available
Ownership
                Owner Name: J. E. Moffett
                Home Office: Alamogordo, N.M.
                Years: 1961 - 
Production
Not available
Deposit
                            Record Type: Site
                Operation Category: Occurrence
                Deposit Type: Replacement
                Operation Type: Unknown
                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: SKARN
                                    
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
    
                    Name: Monzonite
                    Role: Associated
                    Age Type: Associated Rock
                    Age Young: Pliocene
    
                    Name: Monzonite
                    Role: Associated
                    Age Type: Host Rock Unit
                    Age Young: Pennsylvanian
    
                    Name: Monzonite
                    Role: Associated
                    Age Type: Host Rock
                    Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
                                       
                    Ore: Sphalerite 
                           
                    Ore: Smithsonite 
                           
                    Gangue: Garnet 
                           
                    Gangue: Magnetite 
                        
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE MID-DAY CLAIM.
Comment (Deposit): FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1089 COVERING 58.159 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW ADITS AND CUTS AND MANY SCATTERED PROSPECT PITS.
References
                
                                        Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, P.G., AND CRADDOCK, C., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 82, PLATE 1 
                                                                
            
                
                                        Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA 
                                                                
            
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