Ready Pay Mine 1880's

The Ready Pay Mine 1880's is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,850 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ready Pay Mine 1880's
Secondary: Ready Pay Group Patented In 1914, Gold Star
Secondary: Scandia
Secondary: Unecorn

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper

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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Fanny Garrison Villard
Years: 1914 -

Owner Name: Edward D. Tittman
Home Office: Hillsboro, N.M.
Years: 1934 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1934
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

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitized Andesite

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1930'S CONSISTED OF A 160 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, A TUNNEL 500 FT. IN LENGTH AND ABOUT 200 FT. OF DRIFTING.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.

Comment (Production): ESTIMATED VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1877 TO 1931 AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 10,000 DOLLARS

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A VEIN OF FRACTURED ANDESITE RANGING FROM 10 FT. TO 15 FT. IN WIDTH AND TRAVERSED IN ALL DIRECTIONS BY STRINGERS OF MINERALIZED QUARTZ. ONE ORE SHOOT WAS REPORTED TO BE 400 FT. LONG. 3 PATENTED CLAIMS COVERING 61.885 ACRES, MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1563.

References

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 272-276

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 125-141, P. 156-157

Reference (Production): G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 141

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