The Memphis Mine is a copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico.
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Memphis Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Memphis Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Bismuth
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1982
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Torpedo-Bennett Fault Zone.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT THE FOOT OF SAN AUGUSTIN MOUNTAINS. ON OR JUST OUTSIDE WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND.
Comment (Production): CU, ZN, AND AG PRODUCED 200.0-400.0 THOUSAND DOLLARS. BI MINED BUT NOT PRODUCED.
Comment (Development): MILL.CAP: SMALL SMELTER (1984)
Comment (Deposit): ORE CONTAINED IN FOUR HORIZONS SEPARATED BY TACTITE OR MARBLE.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, SHAFTS, DRIFTS, TO 200 FT ROSS SHAFT SUNK IN 1927-1929.
References
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981, GEOLOGY OF ORGAN MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MEMOIR 36, 97 P.
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935, GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS -- WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES, STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 11, 272 P.
Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C.C., JR., AND NELSON, V.E., 1943, LEAD, ZINC, AND COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE ORGAN DISTRICT, NEW MEXICO (WITH A SUPPLEMENT ON THE OCCURRENCE OF BISMUTH): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 43, 39 P.
Reference (Production): SEAGER (1981).
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