The Faywood Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.56528, -107.74444
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Faywood Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Faywood Mine
Secondary: Faywood Lead Co. Mine
Secondary: John Dennis Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Cooks Peak District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: J. M. Dennis
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1937 -
Production
Year: 1937
Time Period: 1904 To 1937
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 6.8 Oz Ag/Ton.
Year: 1937
Time Period: 1904 To 1937
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 30.9% Pb.
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1913 To 1918
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 26.9% Zn.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Year Last Production: 1937
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: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE FROM 1904 TO 1908, 1912 TO 1919, 1933, AND 1 937.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS.
Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE SOU THWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 14.
References
Reference (Production): NMBMMR BULL 37, P. 66, TABLE 7.
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): JICHA, H.L., JR., 1954 NMBMMR BULL 37, P. 60-66, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 87-289
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