Apache Mine

The Apache Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,741 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Apache Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Apache No. 2 District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: W. S. Brewer

Owner Name: Billingsley, Roy
Home Office: Hachita, N.M.
Years: 1956 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Bismutite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE HACHITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF A 470 FT. SHAFT, A 300 FT. SHAFT AND ABOUT 4200 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. SURFACE WORKINGS INCLUDE AN OPEN CUT AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS.

Comment (Deposit): WORKED FOR COPPER; NO WO3 PRODUCTION. RECORD # D001959 BY M.H. MILLER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 334

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 82

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM IC-5517, P. 23-24

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): STRONGIN, O., 1957 NMBMMR OFR-18, P. 177-192, PLATES 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, AND 8

Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R., 1962, BISMUTH OF U.S.: USGS MR 22.

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