The Unknown is a gold and silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Unknown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Gold Hill District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AT LEAST $43,000 WORTH PRODUCED IN 1920-1921 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, E. H. AND WOOTTON, T. P., 1940, GOLD MINING AND GOLD DEPOSITS IN NEW MEXICO (REVISED EDITION): NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. CIRC. 5, P 10
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL 39, P 67-69 // 5) LASKY, S. G., AND WOOTTON, T. P., 1933, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 7, P 57
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 116-127
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
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