The Nannie Baird Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Otero county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,449 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,449 Feet (1,356 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.40556, -106.10028
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Nannie Baird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nannie Baird Mine
Secondary: Nannie Beaird Group: Claims Patented In 1905
Secondary: Nannie Beaird
Secondary: An Aconda
Secondary: Dove
Secondary: Maggie
Secondary: Sophia
Secondary: Helen
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Otero
District: Orogrande 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: Homan Arnold
Home Office: El Paso, Tx.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Jarilla Mining Co.
Years: 1932 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1897
Year Last Production: 1932
Discovery Year: 1895
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE OROGRANDE NORTH TOPOGRAPHIC QUAD RANGLE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF; AN INACCESSIBLE, 800 FT., INCLINED SHAFT REP ORTED TO CONTAIN EXTENSIVE DRIFTS, STOPES, AND CROSSCUTS; SEVERAL SHAF TS RANGING FROM 90 TO 500 FT. DEEP; TWO TUNNELS FROM 400 TO 1000 FT. L ONG; AND MANY SHALLOW SHAFTS.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN, AND ADJACENT TO, A NORTHWEST STRIKING FRACTURE IN METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE AS IRREGULAR POCKETS, SHOOTS, AND STREAKS OF ORE. SIX PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1170 COVERING 122.16 7 ACRES.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, P.G., AND CRADDOCK, C., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 82, P. 43-45, PLA TE 1
Reference (Deposit): BEANE, R.E., JARAMILLO, L.E., AND BLOOM, M.S., 1975 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 26TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 151-156
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 1 84-186
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