The Ada Etta Claim is a lead, silver, copper, and gold mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.32278, -108.77722
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Ada Etta Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ada Etta Claim
Secondary: Mikesell Properties: Summit Group, Claims
Secondary: Summit
Secondary: Ada Etta
Secondary: Big Dike
Secondary: Daisy
Secondary: Monday
Secondary: Florence May
Secondary: Sterling
Secondary: Lone Star
Secondary: Copper Nugget No. 1
Secondary: Copper Nugget No. 2
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict
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: O. Evans Mikesell
Home Office: Pittsburg, Pa.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: Kerr, T. A.
Years: 1928 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1928
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification And Propylitization.
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE CLAIM.
Comment (Deposit): TEN CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2010 COVERING 182.663 ACRES. NE VEINS LINKING 2 STRANDS OF THE E-TRENDING LEE PEAK VEIN ALONG GRANODIORITE-ANDESITE CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1930 CONSISTED OF A 700 FT. ADIT ON THE DAISY CLAIM AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS ON THE REMAINING CLAIMS IN THE SUMMIT GROUP.
References
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S. G., 1938, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LORDSBURG MINING DISTRICT, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 885, 62 P.
Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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