Johnson Mine

The Johnson Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,699 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Johnson Mine
Secondary: Claim Patented In 1910
Secondary: Johnson: Claims Patented In 1917
Secondary: Johnson No. 2 Group
Secondary: Johnson No. 10 Group

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

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: Lehigh Metals Co.

Owner Name: Black Hawk Consolidated Mining Co.
Years: 1935 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1935
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 Westerly-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: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Fluorite

Comments

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

Comment (Deposit): 18 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 1365, 1625 AND 1653 COVERING 303.904 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1927 CONSISTED OF TWO INCLINED SHAFTS 400 FT. AND 450 FT. DEEP WITH DRIFTS AT FOUR LEVELS, TWO ADITS AND ABOUT 1800 FT. OF LATERAL DEVELOPMENT.

References

Reference (Deposit): METZGER, O.H., 1938 USBM IC-6987, P. 28

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63 P. 289-310

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, P. 78-79

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