The Junction Mine is a copper and lead mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
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Junction Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Junction Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Iron
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: L. G. Connelly ; F. S. Hall .
Years: 1934 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1934
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: SHEAR ZONE
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): SHAFTS WERE SUNK ON A SLIGHTLY SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE IN ANDESITE. SEVERAL QUARTZ AND IRON OXIDE STRINGERS AND SOME CU STAINING WERE SEEN NEAR THE SHAFTS.
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN 1934 AND 1935. THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAAPPROXIMATE
Comment (Workings): CLAIMS WERE ORIGINALLY STAKED IN 1934 BY L.G. CONNELLY AND RESTAKED IN 1953 BY F.S. HALL. CONNELLY SPENT ABOUT $15,000 BETWEEN 1934-35 IN DEVELOPMENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P
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