The Nellie Bly Mine is a silver and copper 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: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 32.25056, -108.76000
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Nellie Bly Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nellie Bly Mine
Secondary: Nellie Bly Group: Claims Patented In 1914
Secondary: Nellie Bly
Secondary: Brother Gardner
Secondary: Baltimore
Secondary: Independence
Secondary: Billy A
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District: Pyramid 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: Susquehanna Mining Co.
Home Office: Sharon Hill, Pa.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Joe Landrum, W.F. Rowlee And L.L. Osmer
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Year: 1910
Time Period: 1909-1910
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1943
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1505 COVERING 89.623 ACRES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1151.
Comment (Deposit): 1880-1905 PRODUCED $20,000 WORTH OF CU, AU, & AG, WITH 1 OZ AG : 1 % CU. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1908 CONSISTED OF A 400 FT. SHAFT WITH SIX LEVELS CONTAINING 1800 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS
References
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, P 334
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 445
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1907 ENG. AND MINING JOUR., VOL 85, P. 444-445
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1938 USGS BULL 885, P. 59-60
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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