The Marie Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,626 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,626 Feet (1,410 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.91139, -107.75667
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Marie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Marie Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Tres Hermanas District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Western Minerals Co.
Years: 1959 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1961 CONSISTED OF ONE SHAFT AT LEAST 50 FT. DEEP AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 56-59, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): BALK, ROBERT, 1961 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-16
Reference (Deposit): DORAIBABU, P., AND PROCTOR, P.D., 1972 TARGET EXPLORATION REPORT E- 4, 9 PAGES
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