Sally Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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 10014073
MRDS ID D010694
Record type Site
Current site name Sally Mine
Related records 10295763

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.66805, 33.83899 (WGS84)
Elevation 2263
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES N 41 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

White Oaks North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arroyo Del Macho(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 005S 012E 34 NE OF NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite 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) -105.66805, 33.83899

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip VERTICAL

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 1950
Discoverer Wisconsin Milling And Smelting Co., Madison, Wisconsin

Mining district

District name Jicarilla District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner W. A. Hubbard
    Home office Jicarilla, N.M.
    First year 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 137.16M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL ADITS AND SHAFTS WITH ABOUT 450 FT. OF DRIFTING ALONG THE VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 183-184

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 79-82

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM,K., AND RYBERG, G.E., 1974 USGS BULL 1308, P. 16-24, PLATE 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS QUARTZ-PYRITE VEINLETS AND STRINGERS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900'S

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