The Mormon Mine is a gold mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,112 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,112 Feet (1,558 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.48278, -106.50056
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Mormon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mormon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Organ District: Gold Camp Subdistrict: Mineral Hill Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: White Sands Missile Range
Owner Name: Mormon Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1917 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1885
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT LOCATED 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINERAL HILL.
Comment (Production): DUNHAM, 1935, REPORTED GOLD PRODUCTION VALUE OF 40000 DOLLARS UP TO 1910.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN STRINGERS AND VEINS RANGING FROM 4 IN. TO 15 IN.THICK.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1935 CONSISTED OF FOUR SHAFTS RANGING FROM 50 FT. TO 195 FT. DEEP, ABOUT 500 FT. OF DRIFTING ON FOUR LEVELS AND THREE TO FOUR SMALL STOPES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-210
Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 209-210
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-84
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