The Rosedale Mine 1880's is a gold mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.80889, -107.40611
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Rosedale Mine 1880's MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rosedale Mine 1880's
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1901
Secondary: Great London
Secondary: Great London Millsite
Secondary: Rothchild
Secondary: Rothchild Millsite
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: San Mateo Mountains Area: Rosedale 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: Rosedale Trustee Group Of Magdalena, N. M. (1940'S)
Owner Name: Rosedale Gold Mines Co. Ltd
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1882
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: PODS AND SHOOTS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Strikes N 20 W.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Rhyolite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN SHAFT AND ADIT SHOWN ON THE GRASSY LOOKOUT TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A NORTHWEST-STRIKING BRECCIATED AND SHEARED FAULT ZONE. 2 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS AND 2 PATENTED MILLSITES COVERING A TOTAL OF 49.031 ACRES. MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1076 A, 1076 B, 1077 A AND 1077 B.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF A 732 FT. DOUBLE COMPARTMENT VERTICAL SHAFT AND ABOUT 4600 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND AN ADIT. WORKINGS ALSO INCLUDED 15 LEVELS AT ABOUT 50 FT. INTERVALS, EXTENSIVELY STOPED AREAS AND OVER 800 FT. OF WINZES.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SAN MATEO MOUNTAINS AREA.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 259-260
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 94-97
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, E.H., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1932 NMBMMR CIRC 5, P. 21
Reference (Deposit): METZGER, O.H., 1938 USBM IC-6987, P.61-67
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