The Deep Down-Atlantic Mine is a gold, silver, and zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,975 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,975 Feet (2,126 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.8675, -108.19750
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Deep Down-Atlantic Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deep Down-Atlantic Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: Deep Down
Secondary: Atlantic
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Pinos Altos 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: Savannah Copper Co.
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1865
Discovery Year: 1860
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 360 AND 1569 COVERING 38.061 ACRES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-865.
Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN. SOME ORE AVERAGED 8.6 G/T AU, 26-240 G/T AG, 15% ZN AND 2% CU.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1911 CONSISTED OF TWO SHAFTS ABOUT 700 FT. DEEP WITH AT LEAST 600 FT. OF DRIFT.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD 3 D011741 BY CLINT E. SEANOR HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 301
Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 121
Reference (Deposit): JONES, W. R., MOORE, S. L., AND PRATT, W. P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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