White Mountain Mine

The White Mountain Mine is a gold, copper, silver, and lead mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,877 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: White Mountain Mine
Secondary: White Mountain Group
Secondary: Also Known As Apache Mine and Apache Vein
Secondary: The Location Appears To Be the Same As the Hoosier Mine Shown On The
Secondary: Winston Topographic Quadrangle.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Black Range District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Empire Mines And Metals Co.
Home Office: Chloride, N.M.
Years: 1940 -

Owner Name: Ferguson, T. R.
Home Office: Winston, N.M.
Years: 1944 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1944
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Gravity Slide Block Of Limestone Overlies Propylitized Andesite.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitized Andesite

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A LEAST ONE SHAFT WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE WINSTON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT.

Comment (Location): REPORTED TO BE SOUTHEAST OF THE NANA MINE AND WITHIN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Comment (Production): APPROXIMATE VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1880 TO 1932 REPORTED TO AMOUNT TO 15000 DOLLARS.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS IRREGULAR SHOOTS IN FISSURE VEINS RANGING FROM 2 FT. TO 8 FT. WIDE AND STRIKING NORTHWEST. REPORTED TO CONSIST OF 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

References

Reference (Production): G.T. HARLEY, 1934 P. 78

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): MAXWELL, C.H., AND HEYL, A.V., 1976 USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 76-858

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 72-83

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 260-265

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