Quickstrike Mine

The Quickstrike Mine is a silver mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,551 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Quickstrike Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1911
Secondary: Quick Strick
Secondary: Fin De Ciecle
Secondary: La Veta Madre

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Organ District: San Augustin 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

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Ownership

Owner Name: White Sands Missile Range

Owner Name: Marshall, A.
Years: 1927 -

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: LENSE

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Actinolite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SIX PEGMATITE LENSES HAVE A GENERAL TREND TOWARDS THE NORTH. THREE CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1409 COVERING 45.882 ACRES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE ADIT ABOUT 2500 FEET EAST OF SAN AUGUSTIN PEAK AS SHOWN ON THE ORGAN TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1935 CONSISTED OF TWO TUNNELS AND SEVERAL OPENCUTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 199

Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-84

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