Last Chance Vein Part of Bonney Group

The Last Chance Vein Part of Bonney Group is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Last Chance Vein Part of Bonney Group  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Hidalgo

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 32.29861, -108.75417

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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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