The Mid-Day Zinc Deposit is a zinc mine located in Otero county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,449 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: 4,449 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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