The Eighty-Five Mine is a silver, lead, gold, and copper mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,888 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,888 Feet (1,490 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 32.3125, -108.75420
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Eighty-Five Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eighty-Five Mine
Secondary: Superior
Secondary: Dundee
Secondary: Jim Crow Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
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
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Federal Resources Corp
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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 (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY INCLUDES THE JIM CROW SHAFT, AND CONNECTS WITH WITH THE BONNEY MINE. IT WAS THE DEEPEST IN NEW MEXICO AT THE TIME OF ITS CLOSURE, 1932. WORKINGS CONTINUE INTO SECTION 13. WAS AT ONE TIME THE LARGEST PRODUCER IN HIDALGO COUNTY.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEW MEXICO BUR OF MINES INDEX.
Reference (Deposit): 64TH ANNUAL REP STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, NEW MEXICO.
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S. G., USGS BULLTIN 885.
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