Honey Comb Claim

The Honey Comb Claim is a copper and zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Honey Comb Claim  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Zinc

Lat, Long: 32.84167, -108.07500

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Honey Comb Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Honey Comb Claim


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro-Hanover District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY SHAFT 36 M. DEEP

Comment (Deposit): PEGMATITE-LIKE QUARTZ-PYRITE VEINS IN GRANODIORITE


References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 311-312


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