The Idaho Mine is a copper mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
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Idaho Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Idaho Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Schelerville
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: C. E. Degner
Years: 1944 - 1959
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: LODE (VEIN)
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Lincoln County Porphyry Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Comment (Geology): PRINCIPAL MINERALIZATION IS LIMITED TO CONTACTS OF AN E-W-TRENDING SYENITE DIKE.
Comment (Deposit): 160 ST OF CU-AG ORE WERE SHIPPED.
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAAPPROXIMATE
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS WERE SUNK ABOUT 500 FT APART ON THE SYENITE DIKE. CU SULFIDES WERE ENCOUNTERED BELOW THE ZONE OF OXIDATION IN THE EASTERNMOST SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P. KITTEL, 1965, MEMO NO. 43407, ANACONDA COLLECTION, UNIVERSITY OF WY, LARAMIE, WY
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