Pankey Mine

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Manganese
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012394
MRDS ID D008002
Record type Site
Current site name Pankey Mine
Related records 10175694

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.37338, 33.58677 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position ABOUT 43 MILES S 40 W 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

Steel Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Mateo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Elephant Butte Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 008S 005W 29 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT OF THE PANKY MINE WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE STEEL HILL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.37338, 33.58677

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.52M

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 1932
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name San Mateo Mountains Area: San Jose District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Springtime Mining Co.
    First year 1939

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 228.6M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1930'S CONSISTED OF A MAIN TUNNEL ABOUT 600 FT. LONG, A 50 FT. SHAFT AND A 100 FT. SHAFT WITH DRIFTS AT THE 50 FT. AND 100 FT. LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 97-116

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 143

  • Deposit

    HOWARD, E.V., 1967 METALLIFEROUS OCCURRENCES IN NEW MEXICO, N.M. STATE PLANNING OFFICE, P. 218-221

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 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