The Dewey Mine is a lead mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 34.26722, -106.82667
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Dewey Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dewey Mine
Secondary: Jenkins Prospect...
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Los Canoncitos Area: Joyita Hills District
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sevilleta Land Grant And The State Of New Mexico
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Year Last Production: 1902
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1.57 % CACO3..
Analytical Data: 12.52 % AL2O3 AND FE2O3
Analytical Data: 34.65 SIO2
Analytical Data: 0.90 % PBS
Analytical Data: 12.16 CAF2
Analytical Data: 1.78 % CACO3: A SAMPLE FROM A SMALL SHAFT ABOUT 1500 FT. EAST OF THE DEWEY SHAFT CONTAINED 38.06 % BASO4
Analytical Data: 13.6 % AL203 AND FE203
Analytical Data: 23.32 % SIO2
Analytical Data: 7.94 % PBS
Analytical Data: 11.78 BASO4
Analytical Data: A GRAB SAMPLE OF THE ORE PILE CONTAINED 41.18 % CAF2
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928, P. 128
Comment (Location): REPORTED TO BE LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES N 82 E OF SAN ACACIA, N.M.. TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION PROJECTED ON THE UNSURVEYED SEVILLETA LAND GRANT.
Comment (Production): ABOUT ONE CARLOAD, 50 TONS, OF LEAD ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1902.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1910 CONSISTED OF A 300 FT VER TICAL SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFTS ON TWO LEVELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 32
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 61-62
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 127-128
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 240-241
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