The Lordsburg/Goldfield-Hidalgo is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,593 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,593 Feet (1,400 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.3164, -108.74310
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Lordsburg/Goldfield-Hidalgo MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lordsburg/Goldfield-Hidalgo
Secondary: Westar Mine
Secondary: Lordsburg Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Private Lease
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Western Federal Resources Corp.
Percent: 50.00
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1983 - 1994
Owner Name: The Goldfield Corp. (Owns Lordsburg Mining Co.)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Florida
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1994 -
Owner Name: Lordsburg Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1996
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Filled Stopes - Inclined Cut and Fill
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1983
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCES/RESERVES ARE UNKNOWN AS OF 12/31/95.
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE MAY INCLUDE THE ATWOOD/ATWOOD HILL-HENRY CLAY MINE: VALEDON MINE & THE WALDO MINE; ALL OF THESE MINES ARE LOCATED IN THE SAME AREA, APPROX. 3 TO 5 MILIS SW OF THE TOWN OF LORDSBURG, NEW MEXICO. RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97 LISTS MINE UNDER BOTH THE LORDSBURG AND GOLDFIELD-HIDALGO NAME. RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY 1994/95 LISTS THESE TWO MINES SEPARATELY. MINE IS ON STAND-BY (TEMP-SHUTDOWN) AS OF 1994. ORE IS SHIPPED TO NEAR BY SMELTERS AS PRECIOUS METALS BEARING FLUX. THE PROPERTY COVERS ABOUT 12000 ACRES.
Comment (Ownership): THE GOLDFIELDS CORPORATION PURCHASED WESTERN FEDERAL RES. CORP. 50% INTREST IN PROPERTY IN 1994.
References
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, PP. 364, 365.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 116, 117.
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P284.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING
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