The Confidence Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,650 Feet (2,027 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.39583, -108.81861
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Confidence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Confidence Mine
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Confidence
Secondary: Black Bird
Secondary: Dutch Boy
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Mogollon Mountains Area: Mogollon District: Cooney 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: Whitewater Mining And Power Co.
Years: 1936 -
Owner Name: C. T. Mclendon
Years: 1955 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
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: Mineralization Occurs Along A N 65 W Striking Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 873, 877 AND 1045 COVERING ABOUT 40 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1927 REACHED A DEPTH OF ABOUT 1000 FT. AND CONTAINED MORE THAN 10000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND STOPES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT OF THE CONFIDENCE MINE AS SHOWN ON THE MOGOLLON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 191-201
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63, P. 289-310
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1921 USGS BULL 715-L, P. 171-204
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, 100 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1978 NMGS SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 7, P. 107-113
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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