The Henry Clay Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,551 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,551 Feet (1,387 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.3175, -108.74639
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Henry Clay Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Henry Clay Mine
Secondary: Atwood-Henry Clay Group: Claim Patented In 1886
Secondary: Henry Clay
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
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: 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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1962
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: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM THE HENRY CLAY MINE IS GENERALLY REPORTED WITH PRODUCTION FROM THE ATWOOD MINE. BOTH MINES WERE OWNED BY THE ATWOOD MINING CO. DURING THE PERIOD OF GREATEST PRODUCTION, 1934 TO 1954.
Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 70 COVERING 20.59 ACRES. JUNCTION OF E-TRENDING ATWOOD VEIN AND NE-TRENDING EMERALD VEIN IN ANDESITE.
Comment (Deposit): VALUE PRODUCED: TO 1929-$50,000; 1930-1931 - $145,000; 1956-1962 - $1,300,000 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 150,000 ST ORE WITH 0.01 OZ AU, 1.3 OZ AG, 2 % CU
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE LORDSBURG TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1978 CONSISTED OF AN 800 FT. SHAFT WITH FIVE WORKING LEVELS. THE HENRY CLAY MINE IS CONNECTED TO THE ATWOOD MINE BY A CROSSCUT ON THE 400 FT. LEVEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTINGTON, M.G., 1947 USBM RI-4029, 9 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): FLEGE, R.F., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 62, P. 26-29
Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S. G., 1938, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LORDSBURG MINING DISTRICT, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 885, 62 P.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K. F., 1970, ZONING, PARAGENESIS, AND TEMPERATURES OF FORMATION IN THE LORDSBURG DISTRICT: IN NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONF., TYRONE-BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS-FLORIDA MOUNTAINS REGION, P 107
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