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Aztec Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead
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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. 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 10013467
MRDS ID D009773
Record type Site
Current site name Aztec Mine
Alternate or previous names Manhattan Mine, Manhattan Group: Claims Patented In 1892, Asiatic, Aztec, Golden Era, Grey Eagle, Manhattan, Manhattan No. 2, Montana, Valley Key

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.86396, 32.85678 (WGS84)
Elevation 2301
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES N 27 E 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

Walker Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 014W 01 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF PACIFIC MINE. ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-865.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.86396, 32.85678
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 15 TO 30 E
    Dip 61W

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
Discovery year 1865
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Pinos Altos District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. G. Hunt And W. S. Harrison
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nathan Frank (Estate)
    Home office St. Louis, Mo.
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1935 CONSISTED OF THE MANHATTAN ADIT, THE AZTEC SHAFT AND THE INDIAN SHAFT. WORKINGS REACHED A DEPTH OF 700 FT. IN A WINZE IN THE ADIT AND CONTAINED ABOUT 4000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 297-298, P. 301

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 109-118

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 70-71

  • Deposit

    JONES, W.R., MOORE, S.L., AND PRATT, W.P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S
Deposit NORTHERN EXTENSION OF PACIFIC VEIN (N15-20E, 61W) IN DIORITE PORPHYRY. EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712 AND 713 COVERING 109.168 ACRES.
Deposit AZTEC AND ASIATIC MINES ARE GROUPED TOGETHER BY PAIGE AND CAN NOT BE DISTINGUISHED INTO TWO SEPARATE MINES FROM HIS DESCRIPTION. DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D011732 BY RON WORL, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS, HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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