The Inez Mine is a uranium and gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,076 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,076 Feet (1,852 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.54917, -108.35167
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Inez Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Inez Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1932
Secondary: Inez
Secondary: Hummer
Secondary: Lone Jack
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: White Signal 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. L. Shipp And C. A. Shipp
Home Office: Mathis, Tx.
Years: 1962 -
Owner Name: Phil Tovrea
Years: 1954 -
Production
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1954
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade 0.05 U308
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1954
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade 0.16 U308
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Year Last Production: 1954
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults Strike Northeast And Northwest. Dikes Trend Northeast
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, AN ADIT, NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Commodity): THE MINE WAS ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR GOLD IN THE 1900'S.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN VEINLETS AND COATS FRACTURES IN FAULTED DIKES. THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1979 COVERING ABOUT 50 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 93-94, 98, PLATE 7
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
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