Parsons Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014004
MRDS ID D010601
Record type Site
Current site name Parsons Mine
Alternate or previous names Hopeful Mine: Claims Patented In 1892, Hopeful, Hopeful Millsit E
Related records 10223047

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.78138, 33.48955 (WGS84)
Elevation 2515
Relative position ABOUT 12.5 MILES S32E OF CARRIZOZO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nogal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruidoso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Hondo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 009S 011E 34 NE OF NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • AN INCORRECT LOCATION IS SHOWN FOR THE PARSONS MINE ON THE 1982 ED ITION OF THE NOGAL PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. THE CORRECT LOCATION I S SHOWN AS AN UNNAMED ADIT ABOUT 3600 FT. N21E OF THE INCORRECT LOCATI ON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Electrum Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic Alteration.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Rialto Stock
    Rock description Rialto Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.78138, 33.48955

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Parsons Breccia Pipe Is Located Along The Southern Margin Of T He Rialto Stock.

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE
    Thickness 22.86M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 83.82M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Disseminated Mineralization Localized In Highly Brecciated Monzonit E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1886
Discoverer R.C. Parsons
Year of first production 1887
Year of last production 1933

Mining district

District name Nogal District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. F. Micky
    Home office Carrizozo, N.M.
    First year 1933
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. L. Penfield, Roswell, N.M.; And J. H. Fulmer, Carrizozo, N.M.
    First year 1970

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1973 CONSISTED OF THE MAIN OPEN CUT, TWO SMA LLER OPEN CUTS, AN ADIT DRIVEN BENEATH THE MAIN OPEN CUT, AND AN INACC ESSIBLE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 1 76-178

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 43-45

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., AND MISSAGHI, F., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 67, 24 PAGES

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, T.B., 1973 NMBMMR CIRC 123, P. 12-13

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF DISSEMINATED MINERALIZATION IN A BRECCIA PIPE ABOUT 300 FT. LONG, 275 FT. WIDE, AND AT LEAST 75 FT. IN DEPTH. ONE P ATENTED CLAIM AND ONE MILLSITE, MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 652, COVERING 17 .288 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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