Nellie Bly Mine

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Nellie Bly Mine
Secondary: Nellie Bly Group: Claims Patented In 1914
Secondary: Nellie Bly
Secondary: Brother Gardner
Secondary: Baltimore
Secondary: Independence
Secondary: Billy A

Commodity

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

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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Susquehanna Mining Co.
Home Office: Sharon Hill, Pa.
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: Joe Landrum, W.F. Rowlee And L.L. Osmer
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1943 -

Production

Year: 1910
Time Period: 1909-1910

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1943
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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization

Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1505 COVERING 89.623 ACRES.

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

Comment (Deposit): 1880-1905 PRODUCED $20,000 WORTH OF CU, AU, & AG, WITH 1 OZ AG : 1 % CU. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1908 CONSISTED OF A 400 FT. SHAFT WITH SIX LEVELS CONTAINING 1800 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS

References

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, P 334

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 445

Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1907 ENG. AND MINING JOUR., VOL 85, P. 444-445

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1938 USGS BULL 885, P. 59-60

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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