The Jennie Mines is a copper mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.72833, -108.64861
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Jennie Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jennie Mines
Secondary: Jennie Group
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1910
Secondary: Jennie
Secondary: No.7
Secondary: No.9
Secondary: No.12
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Telegraph Distric : North Copper Canyon Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Comanche Mining And Smelting Co.
Years: 1910 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tenorite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE REDROCK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION COATS GRANITE AND FILLS NARROW FRACTURES ALONG A NORTHEAST STRIKING FAULT. FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1378 COVERING 82.644 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1980 CONSISTED OF AN ADIT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWITT, C.H., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 113
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 164-165
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1263
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