Jackpot Mine 1963

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011601
MRDS ID D006631
Record type Site
Current site name Jackpot Mine 1963
Alternate or previous names San Antonio Group, Trio Mining Co., 1910'sS, Claims, San Antoine, Sofia, Hamill, Robin's, Pateman, Wedge: Mkt Group, 1929, Covers Same Deposit, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Panhandle, Homestake, Garfield Extension: Jackpot Group of 4 Claims, 1960's,, Covers Same Deposit.
Related records 10199221

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.56227, 32.95511 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814
Relative position ABOUT 22 MILES S 56 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015S;016S 007W;007W 33,34;04 SE (33) OF SW (34) OF NE (04) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST FLANK OF EMPIRE PEAK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GENERAL ANALYTICAL DATA FROM C.C. REEVES, JR., 1963 P. 1281

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitized Andesite

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE OF OXIDIZED FAULT GOUGE ASSAYED
Result 0.36 OZ AU/TON
Result 1.3 OZ AG/TON
Result 0.25 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.56227, 32.95511

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Is Part Of A Radial System Of Veins Associated With The Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized As Fissure-Fillings.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Hillsboro District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pat O'Brian
    Home office Hillsboro, N.M.
    First year 1939
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. F. Sailor
    Home office Hillsboro, N.M.
    First year 1935

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1963 CONSISTED OF A 120 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFTS AT 60 FT. AND 120 FT. LEVELS; A TUNNEL DRIFTED ALONG THE VEIN FOR 250 FT. IN LENGTH; AND A FEW SHALLOW TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REEVES, C.C. JR., 1963 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY VOL 58, NO 8, P. 1278-1284

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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