Mistletoe Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087572
MRDS ID D007911
Record type Site
Current site name Mistletoe Mine
Alternate or previous names Mistletoe Or Gordon Tunnel: Helen Cross Group Patented In 1892, Claims, Helen Cross, Forrester, Forrester North Extension, Birthday, Silver Ware

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.18921, 34.07676 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position ABOUT 17 MILES N 86 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Salado(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003S 003W 06 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE MISTLETOE MINE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group
    Rock description Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.18921, 34.07676

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Near The Southern End Of Northeast Striking South Stonewall Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Replaced Favorable Host Rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: Magdalena District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. D. Torres
    Home office Magdalena, N.M.
    First year 1959

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1942 CONSISTED OF THE MISTLETOE TUNNEL ABOUT 1300 FT. LONG, A 500 FT. TUNNEL, SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS, AND SEVERAL STOPES, RAISES AND WINZES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 241-258

  • Deposit

    LOUGHLIN, G.F., AND KOSCHMANN, A.H., 1940 USGS PP 200, 168 PAGES

  • Deposit

    TITLEY, S.R., 1959 NMGS GUIDEBOOK TENTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 144-148

  • Deposit

    BLAKESTAD, R.B., JR., 1978 NMBMMR OFR-43, 127 PAGES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 CLAIMS COVERING 73.9 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 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.

External references