Little Mack Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10014066
MRDS ID D010685
Record type Site
Current site name Little Mack Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims Patented In 1892, Little Mack, Henry Clay
Related records 10174642

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.76055, 33.7626 (WGS84)
Elevation 2080
Relative position ABOUT 11 MILES N 39 E OF CARRIZOZO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 006S 011E 25 NW OF NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Electrum Ore
Gold Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.76055, 33.7626

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 0.61M
  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

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 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name White Oaks District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner White Oaks Metals Co.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Wright And Grace Jones
    First year 1959

Comments on the production information

  • DALE AND MCKINNEY REPORTED 70000 TO 100000 DOLLARS PRODUCTION VALUE IN GOLD PRIOR TO 1900.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF A 200 FT. SHAFT, TWO ADITS, AND MORE THAN 1500 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSS CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 179-182

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 29-33

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 38-39, PLATES 3 AND 5

  • Deposit

    SMITH, C.T., AND BUDDING, A.J., 1959 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-11

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 525 AND 619 COVERING 38.88 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-83 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