The Woodlawn Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Woodlawn Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Woodlawn Mine
Secondary: Juniper Hill-Walnut Creek Area
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Central Mining Region Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: POD
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SMALL PODS AND SEGREGATIONS OF SULFIDE MINERALS IN MISSISSIPPIAN LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY LATE CRETACEOUS OR EARLY TERTIARY QUARTZ MONZONITE. ANOMALOUS AG, PB, ZN, AND MO IN STREAM SEDIMENTS.
Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY A NUMBER OF OLD ADITS AND TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): FINNELL, T. L., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1976-1980.
Reference (Deposit): WATTS, K. C., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1979.
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