The Gold Dust Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 33.38528, -108.81111
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Gold Dust Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Dust Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Mogollon Mountains Area: Mogollon District: Cooney 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Theodore Carter
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein Occurs Along A Westward-Striking Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT OF THE GOLD DUST MINE AS SHOWN ON THE MOGOLLON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1938 CONSISTED OF A 1300 FT. ADIT AND A 500 FT. ADIT.
Comment (Deposit): 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63, P. 307
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, P. 63-64
Reference (Deposit): METZGER, O.H., 1938 USBM IC-6987, P. 40
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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