Old Hickory Mine

The Old Hickory Mine is a fluorine-fluorite and ree 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
Secondary: Hoosier Mine, Eureka Mine: Hoosier Group of Claims Patented In 1902
Secondary: Hoosier Girl
Secondary: Hoosier Boy
Secondary: Old Hickory
Secondary: Eureka
Secondary: White Oaks

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: REE
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Gallinas Mountains 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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Edna Lehman Davis And Adele Lehman
Home Office: Alhambra, Ca.
Years: 1966 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1899
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: LENSE

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Bastnaesite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A 200 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH TWO LEVELS AND AN ADIT. LENGTH OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ON THE OLD HICKORY CLAIM TOTAL MORE THAN 450 FT.. WORKINGS ON THE EUREKA CLAIM CONSISTED OF A 255 FT. ADIT AND ON THE HOOSIER GIRL CLAIM CONSISTED OF THREE SHALLOW SHAFTS RANGING IN DEPTH FROM 20 TO 35 FT..

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.

Comment (Deposit): PRINCIPAL ORE BODY ON THE OLD HICKORY CLAIM IS 195 FT. LONG AND ABOUT 13 FT. WIDE AT THE SURFACE, NARROWING TO ABOUT 3 FT. WIDE AT A DEPTH OF 200 FT.... FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1099 COVERING 98.257 ACRES.

References

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 115-121, PLATE 14

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 66, PLATE 8

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

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 75-80

Reference (Deposit): PERHAC, R.M., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 95, P. 35-47, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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