The Parsons Mine is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,251 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,251 Feet (2,515 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.48944, -105.78083
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Parsons Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Parsons Mine
Secondary: Hopeful Mine: Claims Patented In 1892
Secondary: Hopeful
Secondary: Hopeful Millsit E
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Nogal 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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. L. Penfield, Roswell, N.M.; And J. H. Fulmer, Carrizozo, N.M.
Years: 1970 -
Owner Name: L. F. Micky
Home Office: Carrizozo, N.M.
Years: 1933 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1887
Year Last Production: 1933
Discovery Year: 1886
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: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Orebody
Form: PIPE
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Parsons Breccia Pipe Is Located Along The Southern Margin Of T He Rialto Stock.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic Alteration.
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Electrum
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): AN INCORRECT LOCATION IS SHOWN FOR THE PARSONS MINE ON THE 1982 ED ITION OF THE NOGAL PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. THE CORRECT LOCATION I S SHOWN AS AN UNNAMED ADIT ABOUT 3600 FT. N21E OF THE INCORRECT LOCATI ON.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF DISSEMINATED MINERALIZATION IN A BRECCIA PIPE ABOUT 300 FT. LONG, 275 FT. WIDE, AND AT LEAST 75 FT. IN DEPTH. ONE P ATENTED CLAIM AND ONE MILLSITE, MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 652, COVERING 17 .288 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1973 CONSISTED OF THE MAIN OPEN CUT, TWO SMA LLER OPEN CUTS, AN ADIT DRIVEN BENEATH THE MAIN OPEN CUT, AND AN INACC ESSIBLE SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., AND MISSAGHI, F., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 67, 24 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, T.B., 1973 NMBMMR CIRC 123, P. 12-13
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 1 76-178
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 43-45
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