The Apex Claims is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Apex Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Apex Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Jicarilla
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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: HYDROTHERMAL VEIN, BRECCIA
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Lincoln County Porphyry Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAABOUT .25 MI SE OF SPRING (GOLD STAIN) MINE.
Comment (Geology): TWO SHAFTS EXPOSE A BRECCIA CONTAINING CHALCOPYRITE, WITH PYRITE AS VEIN FILLING OR REPLACEMENT BETWEEN BRECCIA FRAGMENTS.
Comment (Deposit): ABOUT .25 MI SE OF SPRING MINE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 300-FT ADIT EXTENDING S75E, AND TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A SHORT ADIT ABOUT 500 FT EAST OF THE LONG ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P. SEGERSTROM, KENNETH, AND RYBERG, G.E., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1308
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