Gold Hill Mine

The Gold Hill Mine is a gold mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,751 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Hill Mine
Secondary: Hardscrabble Mine: Patented Claims of the Hardscrabble Group
Secondary: Silver Lake
Secondary: Hardscrabble
Secondary: Owl
Secondary: Norton
Secondary: Martin: Patented Claims of the Ridgewood Group
Secondary: Monrania
Secondary: Ridgewood: Gold Acre Group of Eight Claims Is Unpatented.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Tellurium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Sylvanite 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Hidalgo Gold Mines, Inc.
Home Office: Denver, Colorado
Years: 1937 -

Owner Name: Gold Producers, Inc.
Home Office: Los Angeles, Ca.
Years: 1941 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1908
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: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS LOCATED ON THE NORTON CLAIM.

Comment (Production): LASKY, 1947, REPORTED TOTAL PRODUCTION THROUGH 1936 WAS 300 TONS CONTAINING ABOUT 300 OZ AU, 135 OZ AG, AND 3800 LB CU.. PRODUCTION YEARS WERE FROM 1908 TO 1912, 1934, 1935 AND FROM 1939 TO 1941.

Comment (Deposit): SIX PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1560 AND 1922. EIGHT UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL ADITS AND OPEN CUTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J. R., 1962, BISMUTH OF U.S.: USGS MR - 22

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 338, P. 342

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, P. 93-94

Reference (Deposit): ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 19 AND PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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