The Little Mack Mine is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,824 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,824 Feet (2,080 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.7625, -105.76000
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Little Mack Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Mack Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1892
Secondary: Little Mack
Secondary: Henry Clay
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: White Oaks 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: John Wright And Grace Jones
Years: 1959 -
Owner Name: White Oaks Metals Co.
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1885
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.
Comment (Production): DALE AND MCKINNEY REPORTED 70000 TO 100000 DOLLARS PRODUCTION VALUE IN GOLD PRIOR TO 1900.
Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 525 AND 619 COVERING 38.88 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF A 200 FT. SHAFT, TWO ADITS, AND MORE THAN 1500 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSS CUTS.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 179-182
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 29-33
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 38-39, PLATES 3 AND 5
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, C.T., AND BUDDING, A.J., 1959 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-11
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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