The Atwood Mine is a silver, gold, and copper mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 32.31833, -108.73944
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Atwood Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Atwood Mine
Secondary: Atwood-Henry Clay Group: Patented Claims
Secondary: Atwood
Secondary: Henry Clay
Secondary: Yellow Jacket
Secondary: Bessie
Secondary: Florence: Southern Group, Patented Claims
Secondary: Southern
Secondary: Valedon Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Road
Secondary: Plumbo
Secondary: New Year Nos. 1 and 2: Alamo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict
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: Werner Lake Nickel Mines, Ltd.
Home Office: Toronto, Can.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Ted Brannon And Marvin Fuller
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1961 -
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: 1958-1960
Material type: ORE
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1955
Year: 1953
Time Period: 1881-1953
Year: 1953
Time Period: 1881-1953
Year: 1953
Time Period: 1881-1953
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1961
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE LORDSBURG TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES IN 1953 - ABOUT 67,000 ST OF .06OZ AU, 2.1 OZ AG, 1.4 % CU
Comment (Deposit): AN ORE SHOOT ON THE SOUTH ATWOOD VEIN WAS ABOUT 1500 FT. LONG, 400 FT. WIDE AND AVERAGED 5 FT. IN THICKNESS. TWELVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 66, 68, 70, 1483, 1484 AND 1768 COVERING ABOUT 200 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1949 CONSISTED OF THE MAIN SHAFT WHICH WAS ABOUT 750 FT. DEEP WITH MORE THAN 4000 FT. OF WORKINGS ON SIX LEVELS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, AN ADIT AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS. WORKINGS IN THE HENRY CLAY MINE ARE REPORTED SEPARATELY AND ARE NOT INCLUDED HERE.
Comment (Deposit): VALUE PRODUCED 1881-1953 - $2,320,000. DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D003040 BY J. WILLIAM HASLER, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS, HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 332-335
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1938 USGS BULL 885, P. 53-54
Reference (Deposit): HUNTINGTON, M.G., 1947 USBM RI-4029, 9 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): STORMS, W.R., 1949 USBM IC-7502, 11 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 85-88
Reference (Deposit): FLEGE, R.F., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 62, P. 26-29
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., 1970 NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 107-113
Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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