Pacific Mine

Past Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10101730
MRDS ID D008018
Record type Site
Current site name Pacific Mine
Alternate or previous names Hustler Group, Hustler, Atlantic: Patented Claim, Pacific
Related records 10150202

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.81703, 33.40009 (WGS84)
Elevation 2027
Relative position ABOUT 22.75 MILES S 9 W OF RESERVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mogollon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 019W 32 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE PACIFIC MINE AS SHOWN ON THE MOGOLLON TOPO GRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Last Chance Andesite
    Rock description Last Chance Andesite
    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) -108.81703, 33.40009

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Along A Northwest-Striking Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike PACIFIC VEIN N 30 W
    Dip 70 NE

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

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mountains Area: Mogollon District: Cooney District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner The Oaks Co.
    First year 1920
  • Type Owner
    Owner The Oaks Co.
    First year 1930

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL VALUE OF GOLD AND SILVER PRODUCTION UP TO 1919 WAS ESTIMATED TO AMOUNT TO 200000 DOLLARS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1920'S CONSISTED OF A TUNNEL AND AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH FIVE WORKING LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63, P. 307

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1921 USGS BULL 715-L, P. 202-203

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, 100 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    SCOTT, D.B., 1920, P. 307

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 890 AND 1622 COVERING ABOUT 40 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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