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Old Soldier

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Barium-Barite
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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. Alteration
  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 10101432
MRDS ID D003053
Record type Site
Current site name Old Soldier
Alternate or previous names Old Soldier Group: Claims, Old Soldier Nos. 1 To 4, Great Western Nos. 1 and 2, Golden Lela Nos. 1 and 2, Lucky Star: Also Known As the Mystic Metal Mine.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.20504, 34.00898 (WGS84)
Elevation 2667
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES S 80 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)

Elephant Butte Reservoir(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 004W 36 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED NEAR THE HEAD OF MILL CANYON AND NEAR FRENCHIES CABIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicaified Rhyolite

Analytical data

Result 4 CHANNEL AND 2 GRAB SAMPLES AVERAGED
Result 4.46 % PB
Result 0.4 OZ AG/TON
Result 0.43 % CU
Result TRACE AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.20504, 34.00898
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 E
    Dip 70 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE MAGDALENA MOUNTAINS AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1950
Year of last production 1948

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: Mill Canyon Distroct

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. M. Magoffe
    Home office San Antonio, N.M.
    First year 1948
  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank L. Maher
    Home office Magdalena, N.M.
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1950 CONSISTED OF AN INACCESSIBLE INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 265 FT. DEEP; 2 ACCESSIBLE ADITS INTERSECT THE SHAFT AT THE 50 FT. AND 100 FT. LEVELS; ABOUT 1500 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND ADITS: MANY OF THESE WORKINGS ARE CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 46

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS LENSES AND VEINS ALONG A NORTHEAST STRIKING SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE. 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-78 Hasler, J. William New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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