Vera Cruz Mine

The Vera Cruz Mine is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,100 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Vera Cruz Mine
Secondary: Vera Cruz Group: Claims Patented In 1889
Secondary: Vera Cruz
Secondary: Golden Eagle
Secondary: Bustamente
Secondary: Washoe: Unpatented Claim
Secondary: Diadem

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Nogal 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Vera Cruz Mining Co.
Home Office: Nogal, N.M.
Years: 1920 -

Owner Name: Carrizozo Mining Co.
Home Office: Mancos, Co.
Years: 1940 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1919
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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: PIPE

Structure

Type: L
Description: The Deposit Is Adjacent To The Southern Border Of The Laccolith.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization, Silicification.

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Electrum
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF BRECCIA PIPE ABOUT 900 FT. LONG, AT LEAST 320 FT. DEEP, AND 120 FT. WIDE. FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 141, 157, 271, AND 272 COVERING 74.73 ACRES. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 567 COVERING 17.33 ACRES. ONE PATENTED MILLSITE MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 479, FIVE ACRES.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF THE UPPER ADIT, THE LOWER ADIT, THE MAIN GLORY HOLE AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS OR PITS. THE ADITS WERE CAVED IN 1959. THE LOWER ADIT IS 320 FT. BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GLORY HOLE.

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

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 178

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 50-53

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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