Description
Lambeth M. Heath And White Heath Located The Groundhog Claim In 1900, George F. Mcmillan Located The Lucky Bill Claim In 1900, And The San Jose Claim Was Located Prior To 1869 By Unknown Claimants.
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Zinc, Lead, Silver
SecondaryGold
TertiaryVanadium, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model60: Skarn Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlMineralized Solutions Localized Along The Northeast Striking Groundhog Fault Zone As Veins In Fractures And Shattered Zones And As Replacements Of Limestones Adjacent To The Fault Zone.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cubanite, Cuprodescloizite, Endlichite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
GangueActinolite, Calcite, Chlorite, Clay, Epidote, Hematite, Ilvaite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Lake Valley Limestone;Magdalena Group
Associated rockDiorite,Rhyolite · Granodiorite Dikes
StructureHanover Fierro Stock, Santa Rita Stock, The Groundhog Fault Strikes N 30 To 50 E.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1869
Last production1980
Discovery year1869
Identification
Deposit ID10073175
MRDS IDW019036
Alternate namesLucky Bill, San Jose, Ivanhoe, Includes: Lucky Bill, Denver, C.G. Bell,, And San Jose: Groundhog Unit: Patented ClaimsGroundhog
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates32.77094, -108.10644
References
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 317-318LASKY, S.G., 1930 NMBMMR CIRC 2, 14 PAGESRICHARD, F.W., 1930 USBM IC-6377, 13 PAGESSPENCER, A.C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 72-74LASKY, S.G., 1936 USGS BULL 870, P. 106-117ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 60-61HERNON, R.M., JONES, W.R., AND MOORE, S.L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306THOMPSON, A.J., AND JONES, W.R., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 148-171JONES, W.R., HERNON, R.M., AND MOORE, S.L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 139 PAGESNMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAMEINERT, L.D., 1987, SKARN ZONATION AND FLUID EVOLUTION IN THE GROUNDHOG MINE, CENTRAL MINING DISTRICT, NEW MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 82, NO. 3, P. 523-545.WORLD MINING 6-25-76 P. 194; MEINERT (1987)