Old Soldier

The Old Soldier is a lead and silver mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,750 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Old Soldier
Secondary: Old Soldier Group: Claims
Secondary: Old Soldier Nos. 1 To 4
Secondary: Great Western Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Golden Lela Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Lucky Star: Also Known As the Mystic Metal Mine.

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area: Mill Canyon Distroct

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Frank L. Maher
Home Office: Magdalena, N.M.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: J. M. Magoffe
Home Office: San Antonio, N.M.
Years: 1948 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Year Last Production: 1948
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicaified Rhyolite

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TRACE AU
Analytical Data: 0.43 % CU
Analytical Data: 0.4 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: 4.46 % PB
Analytical Data: 4 CHANNEL AND 2 GRAB SAMPLES AVERAGED

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Barite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1950 CONSISTED OF AN INACCESSIBLE INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 265 FT. DEEP; 2 ACCESSIBLE ADITS INTERSECT THE SHAFT AT THE 50 FT. AND 100 FT. LEVELS; ABOUT 1500 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND ADITS: MANY OF THESE WORKINGS ARE CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.

Comment (Location): LOCATED NEAR THE HEAD OF MILL CANYON AND NEAR FRENCHIES CABIN.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS LENSES AND VEINS ALONG A NORTHEAST STRIKING SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE. 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE MAGDALENA MOUNTAINS AREA.

References

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 46

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