The Hand Car Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico.
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Hand Car Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hand Car Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Sylvanite District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Buck Bennet
Years: 1910 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE RAN 0.5% CU, 0.77 $/ST AU.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetradymite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): IN LITTLE HACHITA MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Workings): 200 FT CROSS-CUT, OPEN CUTS, 20 FT SHAFT (1910).
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, 361 P
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