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Copper Reef Group

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010025
MRDS ID D003373
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Reef Group
Alternate or previous names Copper Reef Mine: Claims Patented In 1932, Copper Reef, Copper Reef No. 2, Copper Reef No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.74591, 32.30651 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 MILES S 37 W OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023S 019W 13 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1151.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.74591, 32.30651
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1925

Mining district

District name Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Olivia M. Wells
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1930'S CONSISTED OF TEN SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TWELVE SMALL OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2013 COVERING ABOUT 60 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Richter, D. H. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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