Mountain Chief Mine

The Mountain Chief Mine is a gold mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,801 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

Name: Mountain Chief Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Dona Ana

Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 32.49889, -106.50583

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Mountain Chief Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mountain Chief Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Black Mountain District: Southern San Andres Mountains


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: W. E. Moore
Home Office: Organ, N.M.
Years: 1930 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposit Occurs Along The Westerly Trending Bear Peak Fold And Thrust Zone.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): A SMALL HIGH GRADE BODY OF ORE WAS EXTRACTED FROM NEAR THE SURFACE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 60 FT. SHAFT.

Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE PROSPECT AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN DOLOMITE AND SHALE AS SHOWN ON SHEET 1 OF NMBMMR MEM 36.


References

Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83, SHEET 1

Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 263


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