Goodsight Mine

The Goodsight Mine is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,649 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Goodsight Mine
Secondary: Bonnie Jean Mine
Secondary: Goodsight Group: Patented Claims
Secondary: Goodsight
Secondary: Peton
Secondary: Montana
Secondary: Bonnie Jean

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict

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: O. Evans Mikesell, Pittsburg, Pa. And W. F. Ritter (Estate), Mesilla Park, N.M.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: Hughes, Willie
Home Office: Lordsburg, N.M.
Years: 1939 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1939
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: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 423 AND 1444 COVERING 65.332 ACRES. EAST END OF E-TRENDING LEE PEAK VEIN IN ANDESITE.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1151.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1978 CONSISTED OF A SHALLOW SHAFT AND NUMEROUS SMALL PROSPECT PITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S. G., 1938, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LORDSBURG MINING DISTRICT, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 885, 62P.

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K. F., 1970, ZONING, PARAGENESIS, AND TEMPERATURES OF FORMATION IN THE LORDSBURG DISTRICT: IN NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONF., TYRONE-BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS-FLORIDA MOUNTAINS REGION,P 109

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