The Poor Man's Friend Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico.
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Poor Man's Friend Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Poor Man's Friend Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
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: Vein
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN THE SAN AUGUSTIN MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Production): EAST END OF VEIN WORKED EXTENSIVELY.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT, INCLINED SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS -- WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES, STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 11, 272 P
Reference (Production): DUNHAM (1935).
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