Old Dude Mine

Sierra County, New Mexico, United States

ZincGoldSilverLeadVanadiumCopper

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Commodities

PrimaryZinc, Gold, Silver, Lead

SecondaryVanadium, Copper

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit sizeS

WorkingsUnderground

Ore controlVeins Confined To Pre-Existing Fissures, Fractures And Minor Faults. Rising Mineralized Solutions Followed These Structures And Were Controlled By Tightness Of The Fractures, Rate And Duration Of The Flows, Composition Of The Solutions And Minor Cross Fracture Intersections.

Materials

Ore mineralsAnglesite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite

Geology

Host rockAndesite · Macho Pyroxene Andesite

Associated rockAndesite

Tectonic settingContinental Platform Disrupted By Extensive Cenozoicvulcanism And Basin And Range Deformation.

AlterationSee Comments

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1880

Last production1928

Discovery year1879

Identification

Deposit ID10008134

MRDS IDD000059

Alternate namesPrincipal Claims: Anniversary, Bulldog

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates32.63429, -107.59004

References

HARLEY, G. T., 1934, NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 10, P. 184-190JICHA, H L JR, 1954 NMBMMR BULL 37, P74NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA