Pagoda Prospect

The Pagoda Prospect is a lead, gold, and zinc mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Pagoda Prospect  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Dona Ana

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Gold, Zinc

Lat, Long: 32.45, -106.50000

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Pagoda Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pagoda Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1934
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

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYED 35 OZ/ST AU IN 1934.


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): ON MINERAL HILL. LOCATED ON THE WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND.

Comment (Production): POCKET EXHAUSTED AND PRODUCTION DISAPPOINTING, SMALL AMOUNT PRODUCED.

Comment (Deposit): POCKET OF HIGH GRADE ORE AT CONTACT OF RHYOLITE DIKE THAT CUTS PAGODA-GOLD CAMP EPIDIORITE DIKE AND A FAULT GOUGE.

Comment (Workings): 60 FT DEEP INCLINE, SHORT CROSS-CUT.


References

Reference (Deposit): DUNHAM, K.C., 1935, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS -- WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES, STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 11, 272 P

Reference (Production): DUNHAM (1935).


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