Old Hickory Mine

The Old Hickory Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,700 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Old Hickory Mine

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Gallinas Mining District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Edna Lehman Davis And Adele Lehman
Home Office: Alhambra, Ca.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
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

Model Name: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene

Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: A COMPOSITE OF SEVERAL CHANNEL SAMPLES CONTAINED 56.0% CAF2, 15.1% SIO2, 15.4% BASO4, 2.3% CAO.

Materials

Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT, FROM THE BOTTOM OF WHICH AN INCLINE CUTS ACROSS THE VEIN; A SHAFT ABOUT 200 FT DEEP, WITH DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS DEVELOPED AT THE 100 AND 200 FT LEVELS; AND AN ADIT, WINZE, AND INCLINE THAT CONNECT THE DEEP SHAFT WITH THE SURFACE AT A POINT 45 FT BELOW THE COLLAR OF THE SHAFT. SEVERAL PITS WERE DUG BY THE PROSPECTORS AND TRENCHES AND CORE-DRILL HOLES WERE MADE BY THE USBM IN EXPLORING THE DEPOSIT.

Comment (Location): IN THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Comment (Deposit): FLUORITE OCCURS WITH BARITE, CALCITE, DOLOMITE, QUARTZ, AND MINOR GALENA AND MALACHITE IN A BRECCIA VEIN ADJACENT TO A TRACHYTE DIKE IN QUARTZITE. THE ORE BODY IS 195 FT LONG AND ABOUT 13 FT WIDE. IT NARROWS TO ABOUT 11 FT AT THE 100 FT LEVEL AND 3 FT AT THE 200 FT LEVEL.

References

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, JH, 1946, USBM RI 3854, P. 7-8.

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 76-77.

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 118-119.

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