The Little Jewess Mine 1900's is a gold and copper mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 32.97667, -107.52167
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Little Jewess Mine 1900's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Jewess Mine 1900's
Secondary: Patented Claim In 1916
Secondary: Little Jewess
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Hillsboro District
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: Fredrick Hiltscher And Max Hiltscher
Years: 1948 -
Owner Name: F. W. Twiford
Home Office: Box 112 Hillsboro, N.M.
Years: 1946 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Year Last Production: 1946
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
Type: L
Description: Vein Is Part Of Radial System Of Veins Associated With Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitized Andesite.
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR ADIT ON THE NORTHWEST FLANK OF ANIMAS PEAK AS SHOWN ON THE HILLSBORO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1946 CONSISTED OF ONE TUNNEL ABOUT 500 FT. IN LENGTH.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS IN A NORTHEAST STRIKING ZONE OF SHEARED AND FRACTURED ANDESITE RANGING FROM 2 FT. TO 4 FT. IN WIDTH. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1715 COVERING 15.98 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 125-141, P. 159-160
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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