The Francis Kay Mine Aberdeen Group Atlantic Mine is a lead, silver, copper, and gold mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.29194, -108.75361
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Francis Kay Mine Aberdeen Group Atlantic Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Francis Kay Mine Aberdeen Group Atlantic Mine
Secondary: Francis K. Group
Secondary: Francis Kay Sweet Mine
Secondary: Aberdeen Group
Secondary: Atlantic Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Sam Killebrew
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: Aberdeen Copper Co.
Home Office: Joe Escobar, Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1900 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Year Last Production: 1952
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: 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: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF TWO SHAFTS AND SEVERAL PITS. ATLANTIC MINE CAVED IN 1905.
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F. A., 1907, THE LORDSBURG MINING REGION, NEW MEXICO: ENG. MINING JOUR. V. 84, 349 P.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, 361 P.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., 1970 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 107-113, FIG. 1
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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