The Linchburg is a zinc and lead mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,051 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,051 Feet (2,454 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 34.0722, -107.19440
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Linchburg MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Linchburg
Secondary: Linchberg
Secondary: Lynchburg
Secondary: Patterson
Secondary: Linchburg Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Calcium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Patented
Type: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hydro Res. Inc.
Company ID: 2900757
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: 4011 Mesa Verde Ne, Albuquerque, Nm 87110
Info Year: 1993
Production
Year: 1974
Description: Zn/Pb Ore 4% Zn 3.7% Pb; Conc 55% Each 14000 M.T. 1973 And 1974
Year: 1968
Description: Zinc/Lead Ore Combine Values: 13.44% 400000 M.T. 1940 Through 1968
Year: 1951
Description: Zn/Pb Ore: Prob Comb Values 15% Zn/Pb 80000 Approx. Met. T. 1940-1951
Year: 1921
Description: Zinc / Lead Ore Quant. Unk. 1910 To 1921
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Stope
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Greenockite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Ownership): CLASS OF AG UNKNOWN; PAST PRODUCTION INDICATES PRESENCE OF AG MINERALIZATION. SAME COMMENT FOR AU. HYDRO RESOURCES INC. ADDRESS: 4011 MESA VERDE NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87110 PH: 505-266-2500
Comment (Reserve-Resource): GRADE OF CU, AG, AU AS AVERAGE OF CRUDE ORE BASED ON 10,000 S.T. MILLED BY HYDRO NUCLEAR.
Comment (Geology): CLASS OF AG UNKNOWN; PAST PRODUCTION INDICATES PRESENCE OF AG MINERALIZATION. SAME COMMENT FOR AU.
Comment (Deposit): USGS MAP: MAGDALENA DISTRICT; SCALE 1:12000 (APPROX. 2 MIN. 45 SEC.) 1932 EDITION AVAILABLE.
Comment (Production): GRADE IN CONCENTRATES FROM SMELTER SHEET AVERAGES; RECOVERY OF CD ASSUMED TO BE 80%. ORE GRADE OF CD CALCULATED. AG RECOVERY IN ZN CONC. WAS 17.5% AU RECOVERY IN PB CONC. WAS 95.6%
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HUFF, CHARLES S., P. E. NEW MEXICO REG. #4170; PRELIMINARY
Reference (Geology): TUSCON, DEC. 2, 1957.
Reference (Geology): AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ARIZONA SECTION, A.I.M.M.E.,
Reference (Geology): ORE, LINCHBURG MINE, SOCORRO CO., N.M. PAPER PRESENTED
Reference (Geology): TITLEY, SPENCER R.; STRUCTURAL AND MINERALOGICAL CONTROL OF
Reference (Deposit): PROFESSIONAL PAPER 200 DEPT. OF INTERIOR 1941
Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS OF THE MAGDALENA MINING DISTRICT, NEW MEXICO
Reference (Deposit): 18, 1974 (CONFIDENTIAL)
Reference (Deposit): LOUCHLIN, G. L. AND KOSCHMANN, A. H. GEOLOGY AND ORE
Reference (Deposit): ALBUQUERQUE; EVALUATION OF MINE & MILL FACILITIES; APRIL
Reference (Deposit): TO WM. F. MCCAFFERTY, SENIOR V. P. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, ARTHUR D., TERRAPET LIMITED, DALLAS, TEXAS, LETTER
Reference (Deposit): USBM PROD TABS
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING DISTRICT JUNE 1974 (CONFIDENTIA).
Reference (Reserve-Resource): INVESTIGATION PROPERTIES OF HYDRO-NUCLEAR CORP. MAGDALENA
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