The Smuggler Mine is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
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Smuggler Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Smuggler Mine
Secondary: Compromise Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: White Oaks
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: El Aviador Gold Mining Co.
Years: 1930 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Year Last Production: 1935
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: LODE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Lincoln County Porphyry Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREA
Comment (Workings): CONSISTS OF A VERTICAL SHAFT 200 FT DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 50, 70, 110, AND 200 FT. UNDERGROUND MINING. THE LAST STEADY OPERATIONS IN THE DISTRICT WERE SMUGGLER AND LITTLE MACK MINES.
Comment (Deposit): MOST WESTERLY MINE IN THE DISTRICT. LAST PRODUCTION IN 1930'S.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P
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