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Sulphur Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011919
MRDS ID D007112
Record type Site
Current site name Sulphur Canyon Mine
Related records 10198936

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.60029, 33.02456 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509
Relative position ABOUT 39 MILES S 79 E 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

Strawberry 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 015S 004E 10 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN ENTRANCE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SULPHUR CANYON AS INDICATED ON THE TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. LOCATED IN THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.60029, 33.02456
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Shear Zone Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Andres Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner White Sands Missile Range
    First year 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF ONE SHAFT WHICH WAS INACCESSIBLE BELOW 50 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 82-83

Reporter information

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

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