Merritt Mine Prior To 1870

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Barium-Barite, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Arsenic
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 10072201
MRDS ID W016992
Record type Site
Current site name Merritt Mine Prior To 1870
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1906 Dewey Lode: the Silver Bar Mine and The, Boarding House Tunnel Are Also On the Dewey Lode.
Related records 10175298

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.94226, 34.0637 (WGS84)
Elevation 1577
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES DUE WEST OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Socorro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003S 001W 09 NE OF NE OF SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET EAST OF THE TORRENCE MINE. THE MERRITT MINE IS SHOWN ON THE SOCORRO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE AND IS LABELED THE DEWEY LODE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Descloizite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Mimetite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.94226, 34.0637

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 35 TO 65 WEST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SOCORRO PEAK DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1923

Mining district

District name Socorro Peak District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Mexico
    Home office New Mexico
    First year 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 996.7M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF: THE MERRITT MINE WITH A 100 FT INCLINED SHAFT AND ABOUT 1250 FT. OF DRIF*TS, CROSSCUTS AND WINZES; THE SILVER BAR MINE WITH ABOUT 650 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND WINZES; AND THE BOARDING HOUSE TUNNEL ABOUT 1350 FT. IN LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 109-111

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 239-240

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 118-133

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1216 COVERING 20.262 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Weeks, Robert New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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