Mex-Tex Mine

The Mex-Tex Mine is a barium-barite and lead mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Mex-Tex Mine

Commodity

Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Oscura Mountains Area: Hansonburg District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Hansonburg Mines, Inc.
Years: 1979 -

Owner Name: Mex-Tex Mining Co., Inc.
Home Office: Socorro, N.M.
Years: 1962 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1962
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: Sacramento Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Linarite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MEX-TEX MINE SHOWN ON THE BINGHAM TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Deposit): 50 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS OPEN PITS, TRENCHS AND ADITS TOTALING MORE THAN 2200 FT. IN LENGTH.

References

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 175-176

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 34-40

Reference (Deposit): KOPICKI, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE HANSONBURG DISTRICT, BINGHAM, N.M., NMIMT M.S. THESIS, 103 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): LEWCHALERMVONG, C., 1973, INVESTIGATION AND EVALUATION OF THE ROYAL FLUSH AND MEX-TEX MINES, AND ADJACENT AREA, HANSONBURG MINING DISTRICT, SOCORRO COUNTY, N.M., NMIMT M.S. THESIS, 71 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): ROEDDER, E., HEYL, A.V., AND CREEL, J.P., 1968 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 63, P. 335-348

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, W.D., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 123-124

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 63-73

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