New Mexico Gold Mine Historic Lode Mining Claim Silver Shaft + Prospect- Hidalgo

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New Mexico Gold Mine Historic Lode Mining Claim Silver Shaft + Prospect- Hidalgo:
$463.00

APACHE Mining District

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MAGNET MINE

The Magnet Mine is a very old gold/silver mine located in the Apache No.2 District of Hidalgo County, in New Mexico. This mine is a remote collection of 1 large decline shaft (104’ deep) and several old prospects pits and a small open trench.

This mine was reported located in roughly 1870, some work was done from 1870-1880, and $11,000.00 in gold was reported. Indian raids were the main cause of the abandonment of the workings. There were many reports of miners being ambushed and killed at their mines up until 1896 or so when the Army was brought in to help reign in some control as New Mexico and Arizona were considered for statehood. That happened in 1912 but mining was dropping due to war concerns at the time.

The Magnet Mine has been historically worked for the native gold that the area is known for. There is some evidence and documentation that copper and silver were also worked in the area. There are a variety of prospects around the claim and two nearby mines that are open stopes with decline shafts that cut into quartz (although not within the borders of this claim). Inside the mine are quartz, iron and bits of gold. My team reported some veins of galena with very defined crystallization, also lead and silver and some gold was visible in the workings. The mine is still open but there is water present in the mine that you will have to deal with prior to entering the full depth.

There is substantial workings and open stoping throughout this entire area. But the Magnet Mine is the one that showed the most native or free-milling gold. There are some scattered mining relics in the area, and there is substantial copper and azurite that can be seen throughout the workings and tailings.

This claim is a little off the beaten path - at least the last 700 feet or so is. I would recommend 4 wheel drive in order to be able to park right next to the mines. The old road is in fairly good condition but there are spots that are rutted and overgrown. The claim boasts expansive views of the entire valley below, looking north into New Mexico and south into Mexico. The remnants of old water barrels are as common as rock out here. It\'s a beautiful, harsh and remote area with a stunning little mine that was so named for the variety of minerals that it produced.

Hidalgo County draws rock hounds from all over with its moderate weather, beautiful scenery, reasonable accommodations, and vast miles of minerals pockets.

If rocks are your thing, Hidalgo County has hundreds of places you will love to explore!

Drive north from Lordsburg to find opals, fire agates, and chalcedony near the Summit Site. Search the remnants of mining claims of the Pyramid Mountains near Lordsburg for bornite, lead, linarite, azurite, and other minerals. Around Red rock, there is ricolite. Near the Coronado Forest (almost to the border of Mexico), search for geodes and Apache tears. Cross Granite Gap to find fields of quartz or explore Skeleton Canyon for agates and rhyolite.

GOLD MINING:

Prospecting in Hidalgo County began in 1870 but no serious mining could be attempted until the arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880. From 1880 to 1893 the emphasis was on precious metals, especially silver. Base metals did not attract much attention until after the price of silver dropped disastrously in 1893. Proximity to smelters at El Paso, Texas and Douglas, Arizona, has favored development of mining in Hidalgo County, especially since much of the copper-silver gold ore from the Lordsburg district can be shipped directly to smelters as siliceous flux.

The gold-producing districts of New Mexico are distributed in a northeastward-trending mineral belt of variable width that extends diagonally across the State, from Hidalgo County in the southwest corner to Colfax County along the north-central border. From 1848 through 1965 New Mexico is credited with a gold production of about 2,267,000 ounces; however, several million dollars’ worth of placer gold was mined prior to 1848.

Now, heading down the shaft

Buyer will receive the following with their completed transaction:

Quitclaim deed showing full ownership of the claim. This will be stamped, recorded and verified with the County and the BLM offices.
Welcome packet with all of the rules and regulations as they relate to the State and BLM where the claim is located.
Educational documents to annually renew your mining claim with the BLM.
A CD of all of the documented images of the claim including maps of the site.
Map of claim marked and GPS coordinates.
Multiple maps showing claim location and surrounding areas for access.

Portable X-Ray Fluorescence field units (also known as XRF guns) are commonly used by large commercial mining operations, well-equipped/funded private prospectors and even the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as well as many other government agencies for the most accurate field sampling in the quickest amount of time. In no way do we advise that you base all of your commercial mining valuations on just one or two samples (regardless of how accurate the method that you use to sample is), but this extremely precise and versatile $40,000 device is equipped with powerful X-ray tubes, specialized filters, highly advanced detectors, and multi-beam optimization that efficiently analyzes the chemistry of the rock, soil, and sediment that hosts metals, for a quick and extremely accurate analysis of even trace levels of metals like silver, lead, gold, platinum, copper and many other elements.

Today’s highly sensitive XRF Handhelds (we use the best unit available on the market – an Olympus Delta Premium with a full mining package) work by emitting an x-ray beam with enough energy to displace the electrons in the inner shells of the atoms that differ from the energy it gives off leading to a loss of energy in that atom. The specific loss of energy identifies the elements that are present in the sample. While fire assay is still the most widely used way to gauge how much or a particular metal (like gold and silver) is present in a sample since it can test the entire sample, it is an expensive process and takes many weeks to get an answer. XRF technology is the fastest and most accepted method in existence today for sampling a few millimeters (or deeper depending on the type of host rock sampled) into the surface of even the hardest rock, and the accuracy is measured in 1 to 2 parts per million (PPM)

The Apache Hills, 10 km south of Hachita, New Mexico are a WNW-trending series of low hills, approximately 12 km long.

The rocks range in age from Paleozoic to Holocene. Limestone and sandstone of the Lower Cretaceous U-Bar and Mojado Formations are overlain by a thrust plate of Paleozoic limestone. The Oligocene Chapo Formation (new name) overlies the thrust plate uncomformably. The Formation is over 1,700 m thick and ranges in composition from rhyolite to basalt. The sedimentary and volcanic rocks have been intruded by several igneous rock types, the most prominent of which is a stock of quartz monzonite porphyry, elongated WNW. The stock was emplaced at shallow depth and has been dated at 27 m.y.

The first post-Mojado structural event was the formation of thrust faults with attendant drag folds. Orientation of drag folds and fracture patterns in the footwall rocks suggest northeast yielding. WNW-trending open folds were subsequently formed. Volcanism began 30 m.y. later with the extrusion of quartz latite flows and culminated 3 m.y. later with intrusion of a quartz monzonite porphyry stock. Cauldron formation is suggested by the large volume of silicic flows, resurgent nature of the subvolcanic stock, the alignment of rhyolite dikes and plugs along possible cauldron margins, and possible moat deposits. Movement on high-angle faults post-date volcanic rocks.

Two types of ore deposits are present. Contact metasomatic copper mineralization occurs adjacent to monzonite porphyry intrusive rocks at the Chapo, Sumertime, and Apache mines. Mineralization is characterized by pods and dissemination of chalcopyrite and secondary copper minerals in a calc-silicate gangue. Quartz-sulfide veins containing Pb, Zn, and Cu minerals are zoned peripheral to the center axis of the Apache stock. Their distribution appears to be related to possible couldron structures. Pervasive silification and quartz veining in the Mojado Formation coincides with a magnetic anomaly in secs. 12 and 13, T.29 S.,R. 14 W. South of the Apache mine, in sec. 13, T. 28 S., R. 14 W. and in adjacent areas, volcanic rocks of the Chapo Formation are propylitically altered and contain up to several percent align=\"center\">

ABOUT THE MINING DISTRICT

Apache Mining District in Hidalgo County, NM

A noteable claim in the district is the Apache mine, between 1880 and 1929 it shipped thousands of tons of low-grade malachite-calcite ore as calcareous flux to the El Paso and Douglas smelters. Total production probably exceeded $100,000. Since 1929, there has been sporadic exploration but only small-scale production. The deposit was formed by contact metasomatic replacement of limestone beds in the Cretaceous U-Bar Formation near a rhyolitic phase of the Apache Hills composite stock. In addition to about 2 percent copper and 3 ounces of silver per ton, the ore locally contains lead, zinc, bismuth, and tungsten (Strongin, 1957).

Mining in New Mexico began long before discoveries were made in any of the other Western States. The copper deposits at Santa Rita were known and mined late in the 18th century, and placer gold mining began as early as 1828 in the Ortiz Mountains south of Santa Fe. In 1839 placer deposits were discovered farther south along the foot of the San Pedro Mountains. The earliest lode mining, except the work at Santa Rita, dates back to 1833 when a gold-quartz vein was worked in the Ortiz Mountains New Mexico was incorporated as a Territory of the United States at the close of the Mexican War in 1846, but, because of its isolation, the general lack of knowledge of the region, and the hostility of the Apache Indians, it was not until about 1860 that prospectors and miners were attracted to the region. All mining in the Territory was suspended during the Confederate invasion in 1861-62, and later mining was frequently interrupted by Indian raids. New ore discoveries in the middle and late 1860\'s and in the 1870\'s stimulated mining in the Territory.

About $7 million in metals, mainly gold and silver, has been produced from mines in this district since 1882. A body of base-metal sulflde ore, uncommon in the Apache No. 2 district, was exploited at the Carlisle mine from 1943 to 1946.

The ore occurs in veins that occupy premineralization faults which cut the volcanic sequence. The faults belong to three groups, but nearly all the known ore is closely related to the northwest-trending group or to fault intersections

The sulfide ore occurs in a breccia zone at the intersection of the east-trending Carlisle fault and the northwest-trending Apache fault. The sulfide ore minerals are sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite in a gangue of quartz and altered breccia. The precious-metal ores of the district, which are associated with quartz in fault breccia, were not being mined at the time of the investigation and could not be studied in detail. In one rich specimen the silver-bearing mineral is argentite; gold probably occurs as the native metal. Additional bodies of gold and silver ore probably will be discovered.

Government records indicate that the large veins of the Apache No. 2 district were first prospected about 1880, but Russell (1947) reported that \"the earliest available record of mining in the Apache No. 2 district is a military report of the dispatch of troops from Fort Thomas to the district in 1860, when the Apaches were interfering with the miners in the area. Duncan, Ariz., is now on the approximate site of old Fort Thomas.

CLIMATE

The weather in Hidalgo County is considered moderate, with about 360 days of sunshine a year. The warmest month is June and the coolest month is January. Average rainfall fluctuates around 10 inches a year, with most precipitation in July, the \"monsoon month.\"

New Mexico’s pleasant climate has long been one of its greatest attractions, especially for those seeking a comfortable retirement or relief from respiratory and other ailments.

MAPS

The area is full of dirt roads, so a good map and a good GPS unit is a must, but we\'ll show you exactly where both claims are on the map as well as provide you with the precise latitude and longitude of each corner marker, so finding them will not be a problem for you.

All Pictures are of the actual property – no stock photographs were used

This sale is for full/all interest in this lode mining claim. This claim covers the entire site, and includes full rights to all minerals, gems and just about whatever else you may find on the property. The winner of this sale will receive a notarized quitclaim deed to the full claim and all associated documentation showing full ownership of the claim.

Maintenance on all BLM mining claims is $155.00, per 20 acre parcel, annually. This must be paid on or before September 1st, every year unless you do more than $100 per year in improvements to the property, in which case you can file for and receive a waiver of the maintenance fee.

NOTE: If you own fewer than 10 claims nationwide, we can assist you in filing the paperwork to waive the maintenance fee every year. That means you can only plan on paying $10 per year for your maintenance fee instead of $155.

And let me just re-state once more the answer to the one question that I get asked the most often; you are offerding for full claim ownership, not just a down payment or a part of this claim. sale end price is the final price for the entire site – there are no phony transfer fees or handling costs of any kind!

Transfers of Ownership in Mining Claims;

Interest in a properly recorded mining claim or site may be transferred in part or its entirety. So you can will, gift, sell or lease your interest in this claim at any time in the future. A quitclaim deed or recordable conveyance document is required and if you do sell the claim, the transfer documents should be filed within 60 days after the transfer.

With regard to transferring this claim initially into your name, we take care of all the paperwork at our expense. You do not have to worry about anything – we handle the BLM transfer documentation and the recording. Then if you ever want to will or sell your claim in the future, we will gladly assist you on the paperwork for no charge.

Can you camp / build on your mining claim?

Without an approved plan of operations, you have the same rights and restrictions as the public. If the area is open to camping to the public, then it is permissible. However, you need to check with the BLM Field Office or the local District Ranger for areas open to camping. Under Federal law in order to occupy the public lands under the mining laws for more than 14 calendar days in any 90 day period, a claimant must be involved in certain activities that (a) are reasonably incident; (b) constitute substantially regular work; (c) are reasonably calculated to lead to the extraction and beneficiation of minerals; (d) involve observable on-the-ground activity that can be verified; and (e) use appropriate equipment that is presently operable, subject to the need for reasonable assembly, maintenance, repair or fabrication of replacement parts. All five of these requirements must be met for occupancy to be permissible.

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A mining claim gives the holder the right to mine on mineral-rich land that belongs to the federal government.Mining claims are a tangible asset and show proof of all interests in minerals in the area. They can be bought, sold or used as collateral, just like any other piece of real estate. A mining claim can be sold, traded, leased, gifted, willed, used as collateral or transferred in part or in its entirety just like any other real property using a quitclaim deed which is a recordable conveyance.

We offer a lifetime guarantee should the BLM take back the land.

As the largest company in the mining industry selling legitimate and valuable historic claims, you can rest assured that there is no fine print on any of our claim sales telling you will have to deal with any games like being charged phony fees or having to pay inflated “processing” or “transfer” fees. The final sale price for this mine when the sale ends is ALL you will pay.

Our in-house legal counsel will complete all of the paperwork and documentation for recording and transferring FULL ownership of this mine into your name if you win the sale, AND we will ship you everything in one to two business days of receipt of your payment in full (usually just one day!). So you can plan to visit (and start working) your claim the next day without the lengthy delay you will experience with other companies selling claims –and you will not have to pay any extra costs, fees or other poor excuses for extra profit that normally just go into a seller’s pocket.

offer WITH CONFIDENCE- we are a very reputable seller, I.D. Verified AND PayPal Verified with over 18,000 payments received, and not a single Paypal complaint or dispute.

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We\'ll take care of all the paperwork and arrangements so you can enjoy your claim immediately after payment and we keep you informed through the entire process with confirmations when payment is received, when your paperwork has been shipped.

While we cannot physically ship land to you as it doesn\'t quite fit into the mailbox ;)

We will ship all paperwork/maps upon payment clearing we ship same business day (if payment is received by 1PM P.S.T.) We always provide tracking information so you are always informed.

Your payment of this item gives you 100% ownership of this entire claims, all fees and other costs for the transfer of ownership is included. This is NOT an sale for the down payment, this is NOT a partnership arrangement where someone else will own part of the claim with you, and there are NO fees or costs for the transfer of this claim in your name.

PayPal does not allow payments for real estate or land purchases, and mining claims are considered real estate - so we are unable to accept payments through PayPal at this time. Should PayPal ever change that policy, we will accept payments for mining claims through PayPal. We DO accept: Personal and Business Checks, Cashier\'s checks, Personal checks, Bank Wires, ACH payments as well as all major Credit Cards (American Express, Visa, Master Card & Discover).

We provide financing plans with no interest or fees. Financing terms are minimum of $500** down and the balance due within 90-days.

For longer term financing, please touch base with us, as we may be able to provide automatic credit card billing for terms up to 12 months.

*Please contact us first should you decide on a payment plan.

**If there is less than 90 days until August 1st and automatic $155 will be added bringing the down to $655 to cover the maintenance fees.