Mormon Mine

The Mormon Mine is a gold mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,112 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Mormon Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Organ District: Gold Camp Subdistrict: Mineral Hill Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: White Sands Missile Range

Owner Name: Mormon Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1917 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1917
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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT LOCATED 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINERAL HILL.

Comment (Production): DUNHAM, 1935, REPORTED GOLD PRODUCTION VALUE OF 40000 DOLLARS UP TO 1910.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN STRINGERS AND VEINS RANGING FROM 4 IN. TO 15 IN.THICK.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1935 CONSISTED OF FOUR SHAFTS RANGING FROM 50 FT. TO 195 FT. DEEP, ABOUT 500 FT. OF DRIFTING ON FOUR LEVELS AND THREE TO FOUR SMALL STOPES.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 205-210

Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 209-210

Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 83-84

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