The Mary M Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Bernalillo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 35.02722, -106.43389
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Mary M Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mary M Mine
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Mary M.
Secondary: Mary M. Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Tejon Millsite
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Bernalillo
District: Tijeras Canyon 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: Vincent Moore
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1955
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE ADITS IN SECTION 6 AS SHOWN ON THE TIJERAS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = ALBUQUERQUE 1:250000
Comment (Deposit): 3 CLAIMS AND 1 MILLSITE COVERING 65.653 ACRES. MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2185.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1975 CONSISTED OF A LOWER ADIT ABOUT 220 FT. LONG WITH SEVERAL SHORT BRANCHES AND A 75 FT. RAISE TO THE SURFACE. THE UPPER ADIT WAS CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1975 NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 103, MAP 1
Reference (Deposit): FULP, M.S., AND WOODWARD, L.A., 1981 NMGS NEW MEXICO GEOLOGY, VOL 3, NO 3, P. 33-42
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1967 NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 12-16
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