The Montezuma Mine is a gold mine located in Colfax county, New Mexico at an elevation of 10,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10,000 Feet (3,048 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.62389, -105.19222
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Montezuma Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montezuma Mine
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Montezuma
Secondary: Bull of the Woods
Secondary: Real
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Colfax
District: Baldy District: Baldy Mountain: Ute Creek Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Maxwell Land Grant
Owner Name: I. E. Pippert
Years: 1939 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1868
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1946 CONSISTED OF TWELVE TUNNELS.
Comment (Location): THE MONTEZUMA MINE IS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE ABANDONED MINING CAMP OF BALDY. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.
Comment (Production): PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946, REPORTED PRODUCTION VALUED AT ABOUT 300000 DOLLARS TAKEN FROM THE MONTEZUMA IN ITS EARLY YEARS AND ABOUT 150000 DOLLARS OF ORE FROM THE BULL OF THE WOODS.
Comment (Deposit): THREE CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): PETITT, R.F., JR., 1966 NMGS GUIDEBOOK SEVENTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 72
Reference (Deposit): PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946 NMBMMR OFR-15, P. 33
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 98
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