The Last Chance Vein Part of Bonney Group is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Last Chance Vein Part of Bonney Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance Vein Part of Bonney Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg/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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1951
Time Period: 1951
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: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SMALL VEIN TRENDING EAST IN ANDESITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROMFIELD, C. S., AND RUBLY, G. R., 1951, DMA 268
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