Inez Mine

The Inez Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Inez Mine
Secondary: Mcdaniels Group: Claims
Secondary: Inez
Secondary: Vision
Secondary: Day Dream

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold

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. E. Mcdaniels
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1940 -

Owner Name: Owens, A. L.
Home Office: Deming, N.M.
Years: 1927 -

Production

Year: 1925
Time Period: 1925
Material type: ZN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 28.16% Zn.
Year: 1927
Time Period: 1904 To 1927
Material type: PB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 18.16% Pb.
Year: 1927
Time Period: 1904 To 1927
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 2.12 Oz Ag/Ton.

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Year Last Production: 1927
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
Age Young: Late Silurian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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

Comments

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

Comment (Deposit): THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1949.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE INEZ CLAIM.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1904, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1919, 1924, 1925, AN D 1927.

References

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

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

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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