Milagros Mine

The Milagros Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Valencia county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,299 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Milagros Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: Nuestra Senora De Las Milagros
Secondary: Folsom
Secondary: Patented Claims of the Belvidere Group
Secondary: Duey
Secondary: New Port
Secondary: Copper King
Secondary: Belle Isle
Secondary: Belvidere
Secondary: McKinley
Secondary: Taft
Secondary: Hartford
Secondary: Pearl
Secondary: Good Luck
Secondary: I.X.L
Secondary: Bridget

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Valencia
District: Tijeras Canyon District: Hell Canyon Area

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Canorex Development Ltd.
Years: 1976 -

Production

Year: 1910
Time Period: About 1910
Material type: ORE AU CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^9% To 28% Cu

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1976
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSE

Structure

Type: L
Description: Several Northeast-Striking Shear Zones Occur In The Greenstone Along Hell Canyon.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.13 TO 1.23 OZ AG/TON.
Analytical Data: SEVEN ANALYSES INDICATED 0.023 TO 0.145 OZ AU/TON

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS LOCATED IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF VALENCIA COUNTY AND SHOWN ON THE PHOTOREVISED MOUNT WASHINGTON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WOODWARD, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 73.

Comment (Production): LINE 15 PRODUCTION IN THE 1880'S AND EARLY 1900'S ESTIMATE RANGED FROM 1000 TO 1500 TONS AND VALUE YIELDED BASED 20 DOLLARS/OZ AU.. LINE 16 PRODUCTION REPORTED AS 9 CARLOADS (RAIL CARS PROBABLY 10 TO 40 TONS) AND VALUE BASED ON 20 DOLLARS/OZ AU..

Comment (Deposit): 14 PATENTED CLAIMS COVERING 232.594 ACRES. MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 428, 613 AND 1846.

Comment (Workings): DURING 1975 AND 1976 THE DEPOSIT WAS MINED BY OPEN PIT METHODS AND PRECIOUS METALS WERE RECOVERED BY CYANIDE HEAP-LEACHING.

References

Reference (Deposit): REICHE, P., 1949 GSA BULL, VOL 60, P. 1183-1212

Reference (Deposit): MYERS,D.A., AND MCKAY, E.J., 1970 USGS MAP GQ-886

Reference (Deposit): WOODWARD, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1978 THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, VOL 14, NO 3, P.73-78

Reference (Deposit): WOODWARD, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1979 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 30TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 189-195

Reference (Deposit): FULP, M.S., AND WOODWARD, L.A., 1981 NMGS NEW MEXICO GEOLOGY, VOL 3, NO 3, P. 33-42

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): WOODWARD, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1979 NMGS GUIDEBOOK THIRTIETH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 194

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