Maud Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10014068
MRDS ID D010687
Record type Site
Current site name Maud Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1891, Maud
Related records 10248110

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.79416, 33.46289 (WGS84)
Elevation 2385
Relative position ABOUT 13.5 MILES S 22 E 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 010S 011E 03 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Sierra Blanca Volcanics
    Rock description Sierra Blanca Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.79416, 33.46289

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip 75 SOUTH
    Thickness 2.13M

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 1887
Discoverer Rolla Wells And Erastus W. Parker
Year of last production 1964

Mining district

District name Nogal District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. R. Ringwald And G. B. Hilton
    First year 1964
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dorsey E. White
    First year 1970

Comments on the production information

  • THOMPSON, 1973, REPORTED 900 TONS OF ORE STOCKPILED AT THE MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1973 CONSISTED OF A 200 FT. SHAFT AND TWO ADITS. THE UPPER ADIT AND THE SHAFT WERE REPORTED INACCESSIBLE AND CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 60

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, T.B., 1973 NMBMMR CIRC 123, P. 16, P. 18-20, FIGURE 2

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P. 32-33, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 640 COVERING 20.63 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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