The By Chance Mine is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Otero county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.42722, -106.10750
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By Chance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: By Chance Mine
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Bonanza
Secondary: By Chance
Secondary: Butterfly
Secondary: Buckeye
Secondary: Stockes
Secondary: Maude S.
Secondary: Gold Dust
Secondary: Bear
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Otero
District: Orogrande District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. I. F. Mining Co.
Home Office: El Paso, Tx.
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Russell Williams
Home Office: El Paso, Tx.
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Year Last Production: 1960
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): EIGHT UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 120 FT. SHAFT AND A 175 FT. SHAFT WITH ABOU T 600 FT. OF DRIFTS. SEVERAL STOPES ARE CAVED TO THE SURFACE AND THERE ARE MANY SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 101-102
Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, P.G., AND CRADDOCK, C., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 82, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): BEANE, R.E., JARAMILLO, L.E., AND BLOOM, M.S., 1975 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 26TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 151-156
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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