View looking southwest across Buckhorn Gulch toward #120 Quarry. Area A to B is the Waste fill along the east bank. Area C is the start of an inclined roadway into #150 Quarry. Area D to E is the roadway along the west bank. Area F to G is an inclined roadway into the bottom of #120 gulch. H to I is the middle Bench with the bench face at I. Near H, there is an ore blanket exposed in the road cut that appears to extend southward that can be mined by open cut. J to K is a road leading to the upper bench. L is a waste dump for the upper bench. Photographed in September, 1946 by an Eimco Corp. photographer.
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Resource ID
4868
Access
Open
Contributed by
T'Yanna Watchman
Historic date (YYYY-MM-DD)
1946-09
Title
View looking southwest across Buckhorn Gulch toward #120 Quarry. Area A to B is the Waste fill along the east bank. Area C is the start of an inclined roadway into #150 Quarry. Area D to E is the roadway along the west bank. Area F to G is an inclined roadway into the bottom of #120 gulch. H to I is the middle Bench with the bench face at I. Near H, there is an ore blanket exposed in the road cut that appears to extend southward that can be mined by open cut. J to K is a road leading to the upper bench. L is a waste dump for the upper bench. Photographed in 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
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GrantFund
G20AS00008 USGS NGGDPP
Collection or Project name
NJ Zinc - Hanover
Main
Mining
Subject
Deposit, Quarry, Scenic
Other
Hanover, zinc concentrate, buckhorn gulch
Commodity
zinc
Creator
Eimco Corp. photographer
Marker lat / long: 32.8134, -108.0912 (WGS84)