Never Fail Mine 1900's

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009988
MRDS ID D003319
Record type Site
Current site name Never Fail Mine 1900's
Alternate or previous names Connie Lynn Mine 1956
Related records 10174960

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.50812, 32.38512 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Relative position ABOUT 30 MILES S 25 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 016W 17,20 SE (17); NE (20) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE GOLD HILL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Burro Mountain Granite
    Rock description Burro Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.50812, 32.38512

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 65 TO 75 W
    Dip 35 TO 40 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Along Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Three Bells Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 90 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH DRIFTS AND STOPES AT THE 72 FT. LEVEL, FOUR INACCESSIBLE SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE LATE 1950'S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Lawrence, V. A. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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