Buckhorn Gulch is shown to the bottom right. The Road on the west bank is shown from the bottom left to the right across the photo. The entryway to the bottom of the quarry is to the middle of the road at a small opening. On the east rim is the ore face from the middle of the road to the far right of the photo. The middle bench face is to the middle left of the photo. The upper bench is on the south side, to the top left of the photo. North side of upper bench at shovel location. Waste dumps from stripping is to the top right of the photo. Photo is similar to p-03355 but in the distance. See p-03355 for a labeled view. Photographed September 1946 by an Eimco Corp. photographer.
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Resource ID
4865
Access
Open
Contributed by
T'Yanna Watchman
Historic date (YYYY-MM-DD)
1946-09
Title
Buckhorn Gulch is shown to the bottom right. The Road on the west bank is shown from the bottom left to the right across the photo. The entryway to the bottom of the quarry is to the middle of the road at a small opening. On the east rim is the ore face from the middle of the road to the far right of the photo. The middle bench face is to the middle left of the photo. The upper bench is on the south side, to the top left of the photo. North side of upper bench at shovel location. Waste dumps from stripping is to the top right of the photo. Photo is similar to p-03355 but in the distance. See p-03355 for a labeled view. Photographed September 1946 by an Eimco Corp. photographer.
Credit
Courtesy of Franklin Mineral Museum, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Historic Photograph Archives, Socorro, NM 87801
Copyright code
Please use citation included with item.
GrantFund
G20AS00008 USGS NGGDPP
Collection or Project name
NJ Zinc - Hanover
Main
Mining
Subject
Deposit, Quarry, Scenic
Other
Hanover, zinc concentrate
Commodity
zinc
Creator
Eimco Corp. photographer
Marker lat / long: 32.8134, -108.0912 (WGS84)