The Black Gold Mine is a gold and iron mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,500 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Iron
Lat, Long: 33.85528, -105.67639
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Black Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Gold Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Iron
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: Leslie Settle
Home Office: Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1959 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF A 150 FT. ADIT, A 250 FT. ADIT, AND A 300 FT. ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P.84,86
Reference (Deposit): SEGERSTROM, K., AND RYBERG, G.E., 1974 USGS BULL 1308, P.16, PLATE 1
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