Confidence Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012401
MRDS ID D008010
Record type Site
Current site name Confidence Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims, Confidence, Black Bird, Dutch Boy
Related records 10174619

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.81925, 33.39592 (WGS84)
Elevation 2027
Relative position ABOUT 23 MILES S 9 W OF RESERVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mogollon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 019W 32 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT OF THE CONFIDENCE MINE AS SHOWN ON THE MOGOLLON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Last Chance Andesite;Pacific Quartz Latite
    Rock description Last Chance Andesite;Pacific Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.81925, 33.39592

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Along A N 65 W Striking Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike CONFIDENCE VEIN N 65 W
    Dip 65NE
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mountains Area: Mogollon District: Cooney District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. T. Mclendon
    First year 1955
  • Type Owner
    Owner Whitewater Mining And Power Co.
    First year 1936

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3048M
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1927 REACHED A DEPTH OF ABOUT 1000 FT. AND CONTAINED MORE THAN 10000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 191-201

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63, P. 289-310

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1921 USGS BULL 715-L, P. 171-204

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, 100 PAGES

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1978 NMGS SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 7, P. 107-113

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 873, 877 AND 1045 COVERING ABOUT 40 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references