Henry Clay Mine

The Henry Clay Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,551 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Henry Clay Mine
Secondary: Atwood-Henry Clay Group: Claim Patented In 1886
Secondary: Henry Clay

Commodity

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

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: 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

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1962
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: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM THE HENRY CLAY MINE IS GENERALLY REPORTED WITH PRODUCTION FROM THE ATWOOD MINE. BOTH MINES WERE OWNED BY THE ATWOOD MINING CO. DURING THE PERIOD OF GREATEST PRODUCTION, 1934 TO 1954.

Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 70 COVERING 20.59 ACRES. JUNCTION OF E-TRENDING ATWOOD VEIN AND NE-TRENDING EMERALD VEIN IN ANDESITE.

Comment (Deposit): VALUE PRODUCED: TO 1929-$50,000; 1930-1931 - $145,000; 1956-1962 - $1,300,000 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 150,000 ST ORE WITH 0.01 OZ AU, 1.3 OZ AG, 2 % CU

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

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1978 CONSISTED OF AN 800 FT. SHAFT WITH FIVE WORKING LEVELS. THE HENRY CLAY MINE IS CONNECTED TO THE ATWOOD MINE BY A CROSSCUT ON THE 400 FT. LEVEL.

References

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

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

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

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S. G., 1938, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LORDSBURG MINING DISTRICT, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 885, 62 P.

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K. F., 1970, ZONING, PARAGENESIS, AND TEMPERATURES OF FORMATION IN THE LORDSBURG DISTRICT: IN NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONF., TYRONE-BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS-FLORIDA MOUNTAINS REGION, P 107

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