Looking west toward #120 quarry. Buckhorn Gulch is shown to the bottom right corner. The Road on the west bank is the area labeled from B to C. The entryway to the bottom of the quarry is the area labeled D at a small opening. The area from E to F on the East rim ore face.The middle bench face is labeled G. The upper bench is on the south side, labeled H to the top left of the photo. North side of upper bench at shovel location. Waste dumps from stripping is labeled J to the top right of the photo. Photo is similar to p-03354 but in the distance. Photographed September 1946 by an Eimco Corp. photographer.
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Resource ID
4866
Access
Open
Contributed by
T'Yanna Watchman
Historic date (YYYY-MM-DD)
1946-09
Title
Looking west toward #120 quarry. Buckhorn Gulch is shown to the bottom right corner. The Road on the west bank is the area labeled from B to C. The entryway to the bottom of the quarry is the area labeled D at a small opening. The area from E to F on the East rim ore face.The middle bench face is labeled G. The upper bench is on the south side, labeled H to the top left of the photo. North side of upper bench at shovel location. Waste dumps from stripping is labeled J to the top right of the photo. Photo is similar to p-03354 but in the distance. 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, bench, shovel
Commodity
zinc
Creator
Eimco Corp. photographer
Marker lat / long: 32.8134, -108.0912 (WGS84)