Atwood Mine

The Atwood Mine is a silver, gold, and copper mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,600 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Atwood Mine
Secondary: Atwood-Henry Clay Group: Patented Claims
Secondary: Atwood
Secondary: Henry Clay
Secondary: Yellow Jacket
Secondary: Bessie
Secondary: Florence: Southern Group, Patented Claims
Secondary: Southern
Secondary: Valedon Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Road
Secondary: Plumbo
Secondary: New Year Nos. 1 and 2: Alamo Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Werner Lake Nickel Mines, Ltd.
Home Office: Toronto, Can.
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: Ted Brannon And Marvin Fuller
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1961 -

Production

Year: 1960
Time Period: 1958-1960
Material type: ORE
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1955
Year: 1953
Time Period: 1881-1953
Year: 1953
Time Period: 1881-1953
Year: 1953
Time Period: 1881-1953

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1961
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hematite

Comments

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

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES IN 1953 - ABOUT 67,000 ST OF .06OZ AU, 2.1 OZ AG, 1.4 % CU

Comment (Deposit): AN ORE SHOOT ON THE SOUTH ATWOOD VEIN WAS ABOUT 1500 FT. LONG, 400 FT. WIDE AND AVERAGED 5 FT. IN THICKNESS. TWELVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 66, 68, 70, 1483, 1484 AND 1768 COVERING ABOUT 200 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1949 CONSISTED OF THE MAIN SHAFT WHICH WAS ABOUT 750 FT. DEEP WITH MORE THAN 4000 FT. OF WORKINGS ON SIX LEVELS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, AN ADIT AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS. WORKINGS IN THE HENRY CLAY MINE ARE REPORTED SEPARATELY AND ARE NOT INCLUDED HERE.

Comment (Deposit): VALUE PRODUCED 1881-1953 - $2,320,000. DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D003040 BY J. WILLIAM HASLER, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS, HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 332-335

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1938 USGS BULL 885, P. 53-54

Reference (Deposit): HUNTINGTON, M.G., 1947 USBM RI-4029, 9 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): STORMS, W.R., 1949 USBM IC-7502, 11 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 85-88

Reference (Deposit): FLEGE, R.F., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 62, P. 26-29

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., 1970 NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 107-113

Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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