The Thundercloud Mine is a zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Thundercloud Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thundercloud Mine
Secondary: Thunderbolt
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro-Hanover District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Empire Zinc Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Comments
Comment (Location): EAST OF HANOVER ON EAST BANK OF HANOVER CREEK
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED WITH EMPIRE ZINC COMPANY PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OF LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE AT SOUTHEAST MARGIN OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 313-314
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