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Deep Down Mine

Past Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012983
MRDS ID D009025
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Down Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1895, Deep Down
Related records 10295886

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.80508, 33.40065 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position ABOUT 22.25 MILES S 08 W OF RESERVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mogollon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 019W 33 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT OF THE DEEP DOWN MINE AS SHOWN ON THE MOGOLLON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Fanney Rhyolite;Last Chance Andesite
    Rock description Fanney Rhyolite;Last Chance Andesite
    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) -108.80508, 33.40065
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Along A Northwest-Striking Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip 75 TO 80 NE
    Thickness 3.66M

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

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mountains Area: Mogollon District: Cooney District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner The Oaks Co.
    First year 1920
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. O. Bursum
    Home office Socorro, N.M.

Comments on the production information

  • USGS PP 68, P. 200, REPORTED PRODUCTION VALUE OF 75000 DOLLARS FOR GOLD AND SILVER ORES PRIOR TO 1906.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED INACCESSIBLE IN 1938

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 191-201

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63, P. 289-310

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1921 USGS BULL 715-L, P. 171-204

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, 100 PAGES

  • Deposit

    METZGER, O.H., 1938 USBM IC-6987, P. 39

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 944 COVERING 5.92 ACRES. THE VEIN RANGES FROM 4 FT. TO 12 FT. IN THICKNESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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.

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