Pacific Mine

The Pacific Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,650 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Pacific Mine
Secondary: Hustler Group
Secondary: Hustler
Secondary: Atlantic: Patented Claim
Secondary: Pacific

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Mogollon Mountains Area: Mogollon District: Cooney District

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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: The Oaks Co.
Years: 1930 -

Owner Name: The Oaks Co.
Years: 1920 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Type: L
Description: Mineralization Occurs Along A Northwest-Striking Fault.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chlorargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1920'S CONSISTED OF A TUNNEL AND AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH FIVE WORKING LEVELS.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE PACIFIC MINE AS SHOWN ON THE MOGOLLON TOPO GRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Production): TOTAL VALUE OF GOLD AND SILVER PRODUCTION UP TO 1919 WAS ESTIMATED TO AMOUNT TO 200000 DOLLARS.

Comment (Deposit): 3 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 890 AND 1622 COVERING ABOUT 40 ACRES.

References

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63, P. 307

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1921 USGS BULL 715-L, P. 202-203

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, 100 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): SCOTT, D.B., 1920, P. 307

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