Inez Mine

The Inez Mine is a uranium and gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,076 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Inez Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1932
Secondary: Inez
Secondary: Hummer
Secondary: Lone Jack

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Vanadium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: White Signal District

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: R. L. Shipp And C. A. Shipp
Home Office: Mathis, Tx.
Years: 1962 -

Owner Name: Phil Tovrea
Years: 1954 -

Production

Year: 1954
Time Period: 1954
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade 0.05 U308
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1954
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade 0.16 U308

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Year Last Production: 1954
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults Strike Northeast And Northwest. Dikes Trend Northeast

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, AN ADIT, NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Commodity): THE MINE WAS ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR GOLD IN THE 1900'S.

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN VEINLETS AND COATS FRACTURES IN FAULTED DIKES. THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1979 COVERING ABOUT 50 ACRES.

References

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 93-94, 98, PLATE 7

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

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