Venus Mine

The Venus Mine is a silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,626 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Venus Mine
Secondary: Leitendorf Mine
Secondary: Viola Mine: Claims Patented In 1908
Secondary: Venus
Secondary: Century
Secondary: Planet
Secondary: Harlem
Secondary: Winnie

Commodity

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

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District: Pyramid 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: Walter B. Duffy (Estate)
Years: 1920 -

Owner Name: J. T. Wells
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1923 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1923
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

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: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1282 COVERING 82.988 ACRES VEIN SYSTEM (N40E) IN ANDESITE. SUPERGENE ENRICHED.

Comment (Workings): MAIN WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A 400 FT. SHAFT WITH FIVE LEVELS AND ABOUT 2500 FT. OF DRIFTS AND STOPES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE PYRAMID PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE

Comment (Deposit): ORE PRODUCED INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH 1923. 1880-1893 - $150,000 - $200,000 WORTH PRODUCED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

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 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 109

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 68, 361 P.

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