Aztec Mine

The Aztec Mine is a gold, copper, silver, and zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,549 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

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Site Name

Primary: Aztec Mine
Secondary: Manhattan Mine
Secondary: Manhattan Group: Claims Patented In 1892
Secondary: Asiatic
Secondary: Aztec
Secondary: Golden Era
Secondary: Grey Eagle
Secondary: Manhattan
Secondary: Manhattan No. 2
Secondary: Montana
Secondary: Valley Key

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
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: Nathan Frank (Estate)
Home Office: St. Louis, Mo.
Years: 1940 -

Owner Name: J. G. Hunt And W. S. Harrison
Years: 1943 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1865
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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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

Comments

Comment (Deposit): NORTHERN EXTENSION OF PACIFIC VEIN (N15-20E, 61W) IN DIORITE PORPHYRY. EIGHT PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712 AND 713 COVERING 109.168 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1935 CONSISTED OF THE MANHATTAN ADIT, THE AZTEC SHAFT AND THE INDIAN SHAFT. WORKINGS REACHED A DEPTH OF 700 FT. IN A WINZE IN THE ADIT AND CONTAINED ABOUT 4000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND TUNNELS.

Comment (Location): NE OF PACIFIC MINE. ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS GEOLOGIC MAP GQ-865.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S

Comment (Deposit): AZTEC AND ASIATIC MINES ARE GROUPED TOGETHER BY PAIGE AND CAN NOT BE DISTINGUISHED INTO TWO SEPARATE MINES FROM HIS DESCRIPTION. DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D011732 BY RON WORL, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS, HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

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

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 297-298, P. 301

Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 109-118

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 70-71

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