The Golden Link Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,301 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,301 Feet (2,530 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 33.29222, -108.70417
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Golden Link Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Link Mine
Secondary: Gold Bar Group Patented In 1924
Secondary: Gold Bar
Secondary: Golden Link
Secondary: Golden Link Millsite
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Mogollon Mountains Area: Wilcox District: Golden Link Cabin 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Years: 1979 -
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: Mineralization Occurs Along A Northeast-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
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR USMM NO. 1 SHOWN ON THE GROUSE MOUNTAIN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE AND LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PATENTED CLAIMS. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Deposit): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1901 COVERING 44.794 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT AND FOUR TUNNELS WITH A COMBINED LENGTH OF 300 FT..
References
Reference (Deposit): RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MAP I-886
Reference (Deposit): RATTE, J.C. AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 131-134
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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