The Lake Valley is a gold, silver, and manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.71667, -107.56667
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Lake Valley MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lake Valley
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Vanadium
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Lake Valley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Haile Mines, Inc.
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1940 - 1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^12 - 40 % Mn
Year: 1893
Time Period: 1878 - 1893
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20 - 50 Oz/T
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1878
Discovery Year: 1878
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: IRREGULAR TO BEDDED
Structure
Type: R
Description: N - S Trend Of Mountains And Major Fault Systems
Type: L
Description: Area Is Faulted, Extending In A Se Direction (After Ore Deposition, Mimbres Mtns.)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Oxidized
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MN, 18.2 %
Analytical Data: FE, 13.9 %
Analytical Data: SI, 28.5 %
Analytical Data: ZN, 4 %
Analytical Data: PB, TRACE
Analytical Data: AG, 47.7 OZ/T
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Manganite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Embolite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): EAST EDGE OF MIMBRES MTNS., ON SOUTH FLANK OF APACHE HILL
Comment (Workings): ORE FOUND IN POCKETS, PIPES, AND CHAMBERS. THREE CENTERS OF MINERALIZATION: THE GRANDE, THE BELLA, & THE APACHE. LARGE BODIES OF MANGANESE OXIDE WERE MINED TO 1950'S
Comment (Commodity): MN WAS MINED DURING THE 1940'S
Comment (Development): BRIDAL CHAMBER BODY OF SILVER ORE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST EVER FOUND ; ECON.COM: MINES WERE INVADED BY WATER AT THE 150 FT LEVEL
Comment (Geology): DIP OF SED. STRATA IS 20 DEG. SE
Comment (Deposit): RICH ORE WAS FOUND IN GREEN FLINT, FAULTING IN THE AREA IS POST-ORE DEPOSITION. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D002899 BY J. WILLIAM HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., L. C. GRATON, & C. H. GORDON, 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO, USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 276 - 282
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO & THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954, N. MEX. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 39, P. 126 - 127
Reference (Deposit): USGS AND OTHERS, 1965, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO, N. MEX. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 87, P. 139 - 149
Reference (Deposit): JICA, HENRY L., JR., NEW MEXICO STATE BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 37.
Reference (Deposit): 1910 COMPILE LINDGRE
Reference (Production): N. MEX. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 87
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, E., 1894, TRANS. AM. INST. MIN. ENG., V. 24, P. 140
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