The Gopher Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Gopher Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gopher Mine
Secondary: Golden Giant
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Pinos Altos District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN. ORE AVERAGED ABOUT 34 G/T AU AND LOCALLY AS MUCH AS 100 G/T AG.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN (N30E, 70W) IN HORNBLENDE QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 155 M. DEEP WITH MANY STOPES ON 5 LEVELS, AND PROSPECT PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1911, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 470-B, P. 120
Reference (Production): PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1911, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 470-B, P. 120.
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