Deep Down-Atlantic Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, 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. 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 10013430
MRDS ID D009715
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Down-Atlantic Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims, Deep Down, Atlantic
Related records 10208303

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.19812, 32.86761 (WGS84)
Elevation 2126
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES N 35 E 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

Fort Bayard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S;017S 013W;013W 33;04 SW (33); NW (04) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-865.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.19812, 32.86761

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 06 E
    Dip 60 SE
    Thickness 0.91M

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
Discovery year 1860
Year of first production 1865

Mining district

District name Pinos Altos District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Savannah Copper Co.
    Home office Silver City, N.M.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN. SOME ORE AVERAGED 8.6 G/T AU, 26-240 G/T AG, 15% ZN AND 2% CU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1911 CONSISTED OF TWO SHAFTS ABOUT 700 FT. DEEP WITH AT LEAST 600 FT. OF DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 301

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 121

  • Deposit

    JONES, W. R., MOORE, S. L., AND PRATT, W. P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 360 AND 1569 COVERING 38.061 ACRES.
Deposit RECORD 3 D011741 BY CLINT E. SEANOR HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-AUG-84 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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