Unknown

The Unknown is a gold and silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unknown

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Gold Hill District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

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: M

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

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): AT LEAST $43,000 WORTH PRODUCED IN 1920-1921 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, E. H. AND WOOTTON, T. P., 1940, GOLD MINING AND GOLD DEPOSITS IN NEW MEXICO (REVISED EDITION): NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. CIRC. 5, P 10

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES THROUGH 1954: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL 39, P 67-69 // 5) LASKY, S. G., AND WOOTTON, T. P., 1933, THE METAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 7, P 57

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 116-127

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS

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