Gold Dust Mine

Past Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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 10012985
MRDS ID D009027
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Dust Mine
Related records 10222847

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.81175, 33.38538 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position ABOUT 23.25 MILES S 08 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 011S 019W 04 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT OF THE GOLD DUST MINE AS SHOWN ON THE MOGOLLON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Mineral Creek Andesite;Fanney Rhyolite
    Rock description Mineral Creek Andesite;Fanney Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.81175, 33.38538

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Occurs Along A Westward-Striking Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike WEST
    Dip 70 TO 75 N

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

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mountains Area: Mogollon District: Cooney District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Theodore Carter
    Home office Silver City, N.M.
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 548.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1938 CONSISTED OF A 1300 FT. ADIT AND A 500 FT. ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63, P. 307

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, P. 63-64

  • Deposit

    METZGER, O.H., 1938 USBM IC-6987, P. 40

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 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