Gold Dust Mine

The Gold Dust Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

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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: Gold Dust Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Catron

Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 33.38528, -108.81111

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Gold Dust Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold Dust Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Mogollon Mountains Area: Mogollon District: Cooney District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Theodore Carter
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.
Years: 1940 -


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: Vein Occurs Along A Westward-Striking Fault.


Alterations

Not available


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: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT OF THE GOLD DUST MINE AS SHOWN ON THE MOGOLLON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1938 CONSISTED OF A 1300 FT. ADIT AND A 500 FT. ADIT.

Comment (Deposit): 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.


References

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63, P. 307

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, P. 63-64

Reference (Deposit): METZGER, O.H., 1938 USBM IC-6987, P. 40

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA


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