The Mystic Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Colfax county, New Mexico at an elevation of 12,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 12,001 Feet (3,658 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 36.63, -105.21278
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Mystic Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mystic Mine
Secondary: Claim
Secondary: Mystic
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Colfax
District: Baldy District: Baldy Mountain 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: F. E. Wilkerson
Years: 1940 -
Owner Name: E. D. Lundlum
Home Office: Elizabethtown, N.M.
Years: 1917 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1917
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.09 TO 0.14 OZ AG/TON.
Analytical Data: 0.04 TO 0.18 OZ AU/TON
Analytical Data: DUMP SAMPLES CONTAINED 20.54% TO 25.67% CU
Materials
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SUMMIT OF BALDY MOUNTAIN. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946, P. 39.
Comment (Production): PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946, P. 39, REPORTED A TOTAL PRODUCTION OF 1000 TONS OF ORE RANGING FROM 20 TO 25% CU.
Comment (Deposit): ONE CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1946 CONSISTED OF THREE TUNNELS WHICH WERE CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): PETITT, R.F., JR., 1966 NMGS GUIDEBOOK SEVENTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 74
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 121-124, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 92-96
Reference (Deposit): PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946 NMBMMR OFR-15, P. 38-39
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