The Pacific Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,650 Feet (2,027 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.4, -108.81639
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Pacific Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pacific Mine
Secondary: Hustler Group
Secondary: Hustler
Secondary: Atlantic: Patented Claim
Secondary: Pacific
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Mogollon Mountains Area: Mogollon District: Cooney 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: The Oaks Co.
Years: 1930 -
Owner Name: The Oaks Co.
Years: 1920 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Type: L
Description: Mineralization Occurs Along A Northwest-Striking Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1920'S CONSISTED OF A TUNNEL AND AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH FIVE WORKING LEVELS.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE PACIFIC MINE AS SHOWN ON THE MOGOLLON TOPO GRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Production): TOTAL VALUE OF GOLD AND SILVER PRODUCTION UP TO 1919 WAS ESTIMATED TO AMOUNT TO 200000 DOLLARS.
Comment (Deposit): 3 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 890 AND 1622 COVERING ABOUT 40 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63, P. 307
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1921 USGS BULL 715-L, P. 202-203
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, 100 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): SCOTT, D.B., 1920, P. 307
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