| Deposit ID | 10008850 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001306 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | San Pedro Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Patented Claims: Apex, Virginia, Copper Belle, Montezuma, Giblin, Frankfort, White, Hoosier Girl, Ella, Richman, Puzzle, Bonanza, Magnolia |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.20501, 35.24284 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2298 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 33.6 MILES S 25 W OF SANTA FE, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Fe(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
San Pedro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Santa Fe |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 012N | 007E | 21,22,27,28 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Bornite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Madera Limestone;Madera Limestone |
| Rock description | Madera Limestone;Madera Limestone |
| (1) | -106.20501, 35.24284 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults, Dikes |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | An East-Trending Porphyry Dike |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | EASTWARD |
| Dip | 15 E |
| Thickness | 30.48M |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1835 |
| Year of first production | 1845 |
| Year of last production | 1982 |
| District name | New Placers District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | San Pedro Mining Corp. |
| Home office | Box 11398, Albuquerque, Nm. 87192 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001306 |
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
ANDERSON, E.C., 1954, NEW MEX. BUREAU OF MINES AND RES. BULL. 39.
SMITH, J.F., AND COOPER, J.R., 1945, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT.
LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 170-175
ATKINSON, W.W., JR., 1961, NMBMMR BULL 77
ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 39-41
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
SMITH, J.F., ET AL., JAN. 1945, UNPUBLISHED USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE REPLACED BEDS ARE IN THE UPPER PART OF THE MADERA LIMESTONE IN GARNET TACTITE. THE TACTITE LIES DIRECTLY BELOW A RHYOLITE PORPHYRY SILL. THE TOP OF A MONZONITE PORPHYRY LACCOLITH IS ABOUT 200 TO 300 FEET BELOW THE RHYOLITE PORPHYRY SILL, BUT THE ROCKS DIRECTLY ABOVE THE LACCOLITH AND BELOW THE TACTITE SHOW ONLY SLIGHT THERMAL METAMORPHISM AND NO METASOMATISM. THE ORE BODY IS LOCALIZED BY THE "MARBLE LINE" AT THE SOUTHEASTERN PERIMETER OF THE TACTITE ZONE. MOST ORE IRREGULARLY REPLACES A GROUP OF MARBELIZED BEDS 50 TO 100 FEET THICK, THE TOP OF WHICH LIES AN AVERAGE OF 20 FEET BELOW THE RHYOLITE SILL. A CONSPICUOUS EAST-TRENDING MONZONITE PORPHYRY DIKE 1000 FEET NORTH OF THE SAN PEDRO MINE PROBABLY CARRIED THE METASOMATIZING FLUIDS INTO THE AREA. THERE WERE TWO STAGES OF MINERALIZATION. |
| Deposit | IN OLD COPPER MINES. NO WO3 PRODUCTION |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1830'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1974 | Elliott, James E. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1984 | Murray, Diane | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD |
| Editor | 09-JUN-1995 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |
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