Little Mack Mine

The Little Mack Mine is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,824 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Little Mack Mine
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1892
Secondary: Little Mack
Secondary: Henry Clay

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: White Oaks 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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: John Wright And Grace Jones
Years: 1959 -

Owner Name: White Oaks Metals Co.
Years: 1940 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1885
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: Sacramento Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Electrum
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.

Comment (Production): DALE AND MCKINNEY REPORTED 70000 TO 100000 DOLLARS PRODUCTION VALUE IN GOLD PRIOR TO 1900.

Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 525 AND 619 COVERING 38.88 ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF A 200 FT. SHAFT, TWO ADITS, AND MORE THAN 1500 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSS CUTS.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 179-182

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959 USBM RI-5517, P. 29-33

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 38-39, PLATES 3 AND 5

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, C.T., AND BUDDING, A.J., 1959 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-11

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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