Eldorado Group

The Eldorado Group is a silver and lead mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,711 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Eldorado Group
Secondary: Horn Silver Mine: Claims Patented In 1942
Secondary: Eldorado
Secondary: Oro Fino
Secondary: Oro Alto
Secondary: Sunrise
Secondary: Independence

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: P. J. Fairly And Lena Killebrew
Years: 1940 -

Owner Name: M. Y. Padilla
Home Office: Pinos Altos, N.M.
Years: 1932 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1932
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Copper
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2074.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1151.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS SMALL PROSPECT PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): JONES, F. A., 1907, THE LORDSBURG MINING REGION, NEW MEXICO: ENG. MINING JOUR. V 84, P 444-445.

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 109.

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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