Merritt Mine Prior To 1870

The Merritt Mine Prior To 1870 is a silver and gold mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,174 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Merritt Mine Prior To 1870
Secondary: Claim Patented In 1906 Dewey Lode: the Silver Bar Mine and The
Secondary: Boarding House Tunnel Are Also On the Dewey Lode.

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Arsenic

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Socorro Peak District

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: State Of New Mexico
Home Office: New Mexico
Years: 1981 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1923
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: PODS AND SHOOTS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Mimetite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Descloizite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Barite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1216 COVERING 20.262 ACRES.

Comment (Location): LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET EAST OF THE TORRENCE MINE. THE MERRITT MINE IS SHOWN ON THE SOCORRO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE AND IS LABELED THE DEWEY LODE MINE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF: THE MERRITT MINE WITH A 100 FT INCLINED SHAFT AND ABOUT 1250 FT. OF DRIF*TS, CROSSCUTS AND WINZES; THE SILVER BAR MINE WITH ABOUT 650 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND WINZES; AND THE BOARDING HOUSE TUNNEL ABOUT 1350 FT. IN LENGTH.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SOCORRO PEAK DISTRICT.

References

Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 109-111

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 239-240

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 118-133

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