The Sheridan Mine is a zinc, silver, and lead mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,322 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,322 Feet (1,622 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.6025, -108.34861
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Sheridan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sheridan Mine
Secondary: Carbonate King 1 and 2 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Cadmium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Big Hatchet Mountains
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
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Hydrothermal Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw-Trending Sheridan
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): NO INTRUSIVE ROCKS EXPOSED IN BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS. AEROMAG DATA INDICATE A CONCEALED INTRUSIVE UNDER THE HACHITA VALLEY 5 MI NE OF BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ESTIMATE BASED ON A PROJECTION OF 50% OF EXPOSED ORE IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
Comment (Commodity): SAMPLES CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 0.39% CD, 16.6% PB, 1.8 OZ/ST AG, 36.1% ZN
Comment (Location): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS WITHIN BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS WSA.
Comment (Deposit): SULFIDES REPLACE FAULT GOUGE 9 TO 48 IN WIDE; TRACEABLE 160 FT UNDERGROUND.
Comment (Workings): ADIT, SHAFT, PROSPECT ADIT, THREE PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 1735-C
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