The Mountain Chief Mine is a gold mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.49889, -106.50583
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Mountain Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain Chief Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Black Mountain District: Southern San Andres Mountains
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: White Sands Missile Range
Owner Name: W. E. Moore
Home Office: Organ, N.M.
Years: 1930 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposit Occurs Along The Westerly Trending Bear Peak Fold And Thrust Zone.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): A SMALL HIGH GRADE BODY OF ORE WAS EXTRACTED FROM NEAR THE SURFACE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 60 FT. SHAFT.
Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE PROSPECT AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN DOLOMITE AND SHALE AS SHOWN ON SHEET 1 OF NMBMMR MEM 36.
References
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83, SHEET 1
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 263
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