The Aztec Mine is a gold, copper, silver, and zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,549 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,549 Feet (2,301 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.85667, -108.86333
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Aztec Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aztec Mine
Secondary: Manhattan Mine
Secondary: Manhattan Group: Claims Patented In 1892
Secondary: Asiatic
Secondary: Aztec
Secondary: Golden Era
Secondary: Grey Eagle
Secondary: Manhattan
Secondary: Manhattan No. 2
Secondary: Montana
Secondary: Valley Key
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
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: Nathan Frank (Estate)
Home Office: St. Louis, Mo.
Years: 1940 -
Owner Name: J. G. Hunt And W. S. Harrison
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1865
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
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NORTHERN EXTENSION OF PACIFIC VEIN (N15-20E, 61W) IN DIORITE PORPHYRY. EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712 AND 713 COVERING 109.168 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1935 CONSISTED OF THE MANHATTAN ADIT, THE AZTEC SHAFT AND THE INDIAN SHAFT. WORKINGS REACHED A DEPTH OF 700 FT. IN A WINZE IN THE ADIT AND CONTAINED ABOUT 4000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND TUNNELS.
Comment (Location): NE OF PACIFIC MINE. ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-865.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
Comment (Deposit): AZTEC AND ASIATIC MINES ARE GROUPED TOGETHER BY PAIGE AND CAN NOT BE DISTINGUISHED INTO TWO SEPARATE MINES FROM HIS DESCRIPTION. DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D011732 BY RON WORL, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS, HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, W.R., MOORE, S.L., AND PRATT, W.P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 297-298, P. 301
Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 109-118
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 70-71
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