Paddy Ford Shaft

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, 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 10097852
MRDS ID D009513
Record type Site
Current site name Paddy Ford Shaft
Alternate or previous names Wisconsin Group Patented In 1920, Claims, Paddy Ford, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Nos.2 and 3, Albertine, Fritze, Janet D.
Related records 10271592

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.35979, 32.55206 (WGS84)
Elevation 1821
Relative position ABOUT 16.5 MILES S 17 W 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

White Signal(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020S 015W 23 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Burro Mountain Granite
    Rock description Burro Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.35979, 32.55206

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along Several Northeast Striking Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 85 E
    Dip 80 SE
    Thickness 2M

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
Year of first production 1950
Year of last production 1914

Mining district

District name White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. O. Prevost And Fred Prevost
    Home office White Signal, N.M.
    First year 1914
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fritz Bock (Estate)
    Home office Stanton, Neb.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • GILLERMAN, P. 95, REPORTED TWO CARLOADS OF ORE AVERAGING 10 OZ AU/TON, 8 TO 10 OZ AG/TON AND 16.8% CU WERE SHIPPED IN 1914.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 120 FT. SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFTS ALONG THE VEIN AND STOPED TO THE SURFACE. SURFACE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 95-96, PLATE 7

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS PODS IN QUARTZ-PYRITE VEINS ALONG NORTHEAST STRIKING FAULTS. SEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1774 COVERING ABOUT 140 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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