The Prosper and Cincinnati Claims 1880's is a gold mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,351 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,351 Feet (1,631 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.96667, -107.51222
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Prosper and Cincinnati Claims 1880's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prosper and Cincinnati Claims 1880's
Secondary: Prosper Group Patented In 1904
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Prosper
Secondary: Cincinnati: Prosper Gold Mining and Milling Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Hillsboro District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: North Percha Mining Co.
Years: 1931 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein Is Associated With The Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Deposit): 2 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1132 COVERING 28.2256 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1902 CONSISTED OF A 160 FT. SHAFT, A 65 FT. TUNNEL, MANY SHALLOW SHAFTS, OPENCUTS AND SHORT DRIFTS.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN GRAYBACK GULCH JUST NORTHEAST OF THE CHANCE MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 125-141, P. 159
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