John Hays Mine

The John Hays Mine is a copper mine located in Mora county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,671 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: John Hays Mine
Secondary: Mine: Guadalupita
Secondary: Lucero
Secondary: Republic Mines Company Copper Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Mora
District: Coyote Creek 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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: C. D. Collins
Home Office: Santa Fe, N.M.
Years: 1943 -

Owner Name: Caesario, Vendezia, And Isaac Castillo, And Leopoldo Coco
Home Office: Guadalupita, N.M.
Years: 1943 -

Production

Year: 1917
Material type: ORE CU
Description: Ap_Grade: ^8.5 Percent Cu

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Jarosa Syncline, And Several Faults

Type: L
Description: Several Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Silver

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR PROSPECT MARKED ON THE GUADALUPITA QUADRANGLE. THE CADASTRAL GRID IS PROJECTED IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Deposit): THE COPPER MINERALIZATION IS CONFINED TO CERTAIN BEDS IN 3 OR 4 HORIZONS. THAT HAVE EXTREMELY STEEP DIPS WITH A SOUTHWARD STRIKE. CHALCOCITE, MALACHITE, AZURITE AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION OCCUR IN ARKOSES AND SHALES AS PATCHES, DISSEMINATIONS AND NODULES. THE COUNTRY ROCK IS HIGHLY MICACEOUS IN PLACES. ZONES OF MINERALIZATION ARE SMALL, ABOUT 100 FEET LONG AND 5 FEET THICK. MINERALIZATION CAN BE FOUND FOR 7.5 MILES DOWN COYOTE CREEK FROM THE JOHN HAYS MINE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF BOTH SURFACE TRENCHES AND AN 150-FOOT SHAFT WITH A 30-FOOT DRIFT AT THE BOTTOM.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 109.

Reference (Production): AGGREGATED USBM RECORDS

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ZELLER, H.D. AND BALTZ, E.H., JR., 1954, USGS CIRC 334, 10 P.

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 30-32.

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M., LAUB, D.C., AND FULLER, G.W., 1958, USGS BULL 1030-L, 55 P.

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 39-43.

Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183

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