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Bearup Mine

Past Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, 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 10012400
MRDS ID D008009
Record type Site
Current site name Bearup Mine
Related records 10222813

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.83342, 33.4037 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position ABOUT 22.75 MILES S 12 W OF RESERVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mogollon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 019W 31 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE BEARUP MINE AS SHOWN ON THE MOGOLLON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.83342, 33.4037
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

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 1969

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mountains Area: Mogollon District: Cooney District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thomas Consolidated Mines, Inc.
    First year 1969
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bearup (Estate)
    First year 1947

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1066.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1938 CONSISTED OF ABOUT 3500 FT. OF HAULAGE LEVEL AND ANOTHER SHORTER LEVEL ABOUT 40 FT. ABOVE THE HAULAGE LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, 100 PAGES

  • Deposit

    METZGER, O.H., 1938 USBM IC-6987, P. 38

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 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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