The Johnson Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.40917, -108.81056
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Johnson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Johnson Mine
Secondary: Claim Patented In 1910
Secondary: Johnson: Claims Patented In 1917
Secondary: Johnson No. 2 Group
Secondary: Johnson No. 10 Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Mogollon Mountains Area: Mogollon District: Cooney District
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: Lehigh Metals Co.
Owner Name: Black Hawk Consolidated Mining Co.
Years: 1935 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1935
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 Westerly-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: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE ADIT OF THE JOHNSON MINE AS SHOWN ON THE MOGOLLON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.
Comment (Deposit): 18 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1365, 1625 AND 1653 COVERING 303.904 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1927 CONSISTED OF TWO INCLINED SHAFTS 400 FT. AND 450 FT. DEEP WITH DRIFTS AT FOUR LEVELS, TWO ADITS AND ABOUT 1800 FT. OF LATERAL DEVELOPMENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): METZGER, O.H., 1938 USBM IC-6987, P. 28
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63 P. 289-310
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, P. 78-79
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