Smuggler Mine

The Smuggler Mine is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.

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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

Name: Smuggler Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Lincoln

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 33.75528, -105.76139

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Smuggler Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Smuggler Mine
Secondary: Compromise Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: White Oaks


Land Status

Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: El Aviador Gold Mining Co.
Years: 1930 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Year Last Production: 1935
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


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: LODE


Structure

Type: R
Description: Rio Grande Rift

Type: L
Description: Lincoln County Porphyry Belt


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREA

Comment (Workings): CONSISTS OF A VERTICAL SHAFT 200 FT DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 50, 70, 110, AND 200 FT. UNDERGROUND MINING. THE LAST STEADY OPERATIONS IN THE DISTRICT WERE SMUGGLER AND LITTLE MACK MINES.

Comment (Deposit): MOST WESTERLY MINE IN THE DISTRICT. LAST PRODUCTION IN 1930'S.


References

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P


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