Deep Down-Atlantic Mine

The Deep Down-Atlantic Mine is a gold, silver, and zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,975 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Deep Down-Atlantic Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: Deep Down
Secondary: Atlantic

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Pinos Altos 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: Savannah Copper Co.
Home Office: Silver City, N.M.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1865
Discovery Year: 1860
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: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 360 AND 1569 COVERING 38.061 ACRES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-865.

Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN. SOME ORE AVERAGED 8.6 G/T AU, 26-240 G/T AG, 15% ZN AND 2% CU.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1911 CONSISTED OF TWO SHAFTS ABOUT 700 FT. DEEP WITH AT LEAST 600 FT. OF DRIFT.

Comment (Deposit): RECORD 3 D011741 BY CLINT E. SEANOR HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L. C., AND GORDON, C. H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 301

Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 121

Reference (Deposit): JONES, W. R., MOORE, S. L., AND PRATT, W. P., 1970 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-865

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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