Copper Belt Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012495
MRDS ID D008149
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Belt Group
Alternate or previous names Claims, Chief, Red Rose, Rainbow, Comanche Chief, San Juan Nos. 1 and 2, Houghton, Long Lost, Kelly, Lone Wolf, James Rider, Horse Fly Nos. 1,2 and 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.28504, 34.12897 (WGS84)
Elevation 2027
Relative position ABOUT 23.5 MILES N 78 W 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

Silver Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Salado(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 0025 004W 17,18,19,20 SW (17); SE (18); NE (19); NW (20) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name La Jara Peak Andesite
    Rock description La Jara Peak Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.28504, 34.12897

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Occur Along Two Intersecting Fissure Systems Striking N 25 W And N 50 W.

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOTS AND PODS
  • General form SHOOTS AND PODS

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 first production 1919
Year of last production 1920

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: North Magdalena District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Copper Belt Silver And Copper Mining Co.
    First year 1920
  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward F. Nunlist
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF A 300 FT. MAIN SHAFT AND NUMEROUS TEST PITS, CUTS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 38-41

  • Deposit

    SIMON, D. B., 1973 NMBMMR OFR-41, 101 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 275 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.