Faywood Mine

The Faywood Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Faywood Mine
Secondary: Faywood Lead Co. Mine
Secondary: John Dennis Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Cooks Peak 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: J. M. Dennis
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1937 -

Production

Year: 1937
Time Period: 1904 To 1937
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 6.8 Oz Ag/Ton.
Year: 1937
Time Period: 1904 To 1937
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 30.9% Pb.
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1913 To 1918
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 26.9% Zn.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Year Last Production: 1937
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE FROM 1904 TO 1908, 1912 TO 1919, 1933, AND 1 937.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS.

Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE SOU THWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 14.

References

Reference (Production): NMBMMR BULL 37, P. 66, TABLE 7.

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): JICHA, H.L., JR., 1954 NMBMMR BULL 37, P. 60-66, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 2 87-289

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