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Golden Link Mine

Past Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012986
MRDS ID D009029
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Link Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Bar Group Patented In 1924, Gold Bar, Golden Link, Golden Link Millsite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.7048, 33.29232 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position ABOUT 29 MILES S 05 E 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

Grouse Mountain(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)

Gila Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 011S;012S 018W;018W 33,04,05 SE (33); N2 (04); NE (05) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR USMM NO. 1 SHOWN ON THE GROUSE MOUNTAIN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE AND LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PATENTED CLAIMS. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue
Fluorite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Of Sacaton Mountain;Tuff Of Apache Spring
    Rock description Rhyolite Of Sacaton Mountain;Tuff Of Apache Spring
    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) -108.7048, 33.29232
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mountains Area: Wilcox District: Golden Link Cabin Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.
    First year 1979

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT AND FOUR TUNNELS WITH A COMBINED LENGTH OF 300 FT..

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MAP I-886

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C. AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 131-134

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1901 COVERING 44.794 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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