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Mockingbird Gap Mine

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011731
MRDS ID D006838
Record type Site
Current site name Mockingbird Gap Mine
Related records 10126511

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.44224, 33.47843 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Relative position ABOUT 55 MILES N65E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Capitol Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 005E 4 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS LOCATED ON THE WHITE SANDS MISSLE RANGE AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS NEAR THE MOUTH OF JOHNSON PARK CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE TAKEN ACROSS AN 8 IN VEIN; REPORTED BY F.E. WILLIAMS, 1966 P.116

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE FOR FLUORITE CONTAINED 82.9% CAF2
Result 11.6% SIO4.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Montoya Group
    Rock description Montoya Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.44224, 33.47843
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 TO 25 W
    Dip 75 TO 85 NE
    Thickness 0.36M
    Length 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fissure Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1930

Mining district

District name San Andres Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A TUNNEL 150 FT. IN LENGTH WITH A 50 FT. WINZE, A VERTICAL SHAFT 120 FT. DEEP AND A FEW SHALLOW PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKEY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 80

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 115-116

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN OCCURS IN A FISSURE ALONG A GRANITE-QUARTZITE CONTACT WITH A FAULT. VEIN RANGES FROM 8 IN. TO 14 IN. IN WIDTH AND IS EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 150 FT. LATERALLY. FOOTWALL IS GRANITE AND HANGING WALL IS LIMONITE GOUGE AND QUARTZITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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