Robert E. Lee Mine

The Robert E. Lee Mine is a copper mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,524 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Robert E. Lee Mine
Secondary: Claim Patented In 1914
Secondary: Robert E. Lee

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

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: R. M. Reynolds
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: Hughes, Willie
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1940 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1940
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

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: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1907 CONSISTED OF THE MAIN SHAFT CONTAINING THREE LEVELS WITH ABOUT 500 FT. OF DRIFTS AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS WITH NO DEVELOPMENTAL WORKINGS.

Comment (Deposit): PRODUCED $110,000 WORTH IN 1894-1898 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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

Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1509.

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, 361P.

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, 62P.

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 444

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

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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