The Sally Mine is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,425 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,425 Feet (2,263 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.83889, -105.66750
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Sally Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sally Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Jicarilla District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: W. A. Hubbard
Home Office: Jicarilla, N.M.
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
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: IRREGULAR
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: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS QUARTZ-PYRITE VEINLETS AND STRINGERS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL ADITS AND SHAFTS WITH ABOUT 450 FT. OF DRIFTING ALONG THE VEIN.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W. GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 183-184
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 79-82
Reference (Deposit): SEGERSTROM,K., AND RYBERG, G.E., 1974 USGS BULL 1308, P. 16-24, PLATE 1
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