Paddy Ford Shaft

The Paddy Ford Shaft is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,974 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Paddy Ford Shaft
Secondary: Wisconsin Group Patented In 1920
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Paddy Ford
Secondary: Wisconsin
Secondary: Wisconsin Nos.2 and 3
Secondary: Albertine
Secondary: Fritze
Secondary: Janet D.

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains

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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Fritz Bock (Estate)
Home Office: Stanton, Neb.
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: C. O. Prevost And Fred Prevost
Home Office: White Signal, N.M.
Years: 1914 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Year Last Production: 1914
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposits Occur Along Several Northeast Striking Faults.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 120 FT. SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFTS ALONG THE VEIN AND STOPED TO THE SURFACE. SURFACE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Production): GILLERMAN, P. 95, REPORTED TWO CARLOADS OF ORE AVERAGING 10 OZ AU/TON, 8 TO 10 OZ AG/TON AND 16.8% CU WERE SHIPPED IN 1914.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS PODS IN QUARTZ-PYRITE VEINS ALONG NORTHEAST STRIKING FAULTS. SEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1774 COVERING ABOUT 140 ACRES.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041.

References

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 95-96, PLATE 7

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

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