Chupadero Mines

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012494
MRDS ID D008148
Record type Site
Current site name Chupadero Mines
Alternate or previous names Minas Del Chupadero
Related records 10127242

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.80697, 34.11009 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES N 54 E OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loma De Las Canas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 0025 001E 26 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MINAS DEL CHUPADERO SHOWN ON THE SOCORRO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Magdalena Group
    Rock description Magdalena Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.80697, 34.11009

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arroyo De La Parida Area: Chupadero District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cactus Industries, Inc
    Home office P.O. Box 602, Socorro, N.M. 87801
    First year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 136-137

  • Deposit

    SOULE, J.H., 1956 USBM IC-7740, P. 64-65

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINE INSPECTION, 1979 SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT, NEW MEXICO ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 48

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.

External references