The Red Jacket Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Rio Arriba county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,800 Feet (2,987 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 36.70361, -106.24361
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Red Jacket Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Jacket Mine
Secondary: Claim Patented In 1913
Secondary: Red Jacket
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Rio Arriba
District: Hopewell 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. C. Little
Years: 1947 -
Owner Name: Dixie Queen Mining Co. , Red Jacket Mining And Milling Co. , Amarillo Gold Mining Co. (1
Years: 1908 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1889
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1968 CONSISTED OF A 120 FT. SHAFT CONNECTED TO A 200 FT. ADIT AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1418 COVERING 14.391 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 129
Reference (Deposit): BENJOVSKY, T.D., 1945 NMBMMR CIRC 11, 10 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 80
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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