Hop Canyon Mining Co. Claims

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012501
MRDS ID D008156
Record type Site
Current site name Hop Canyon Mining Co. Claims
Alternate or previous names Claims, Lookout, Lucien, Mountain Queen, Oshkosh, Lucy, Marguerite, Mabel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.19642, 34.03565 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES S 85 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

Magdalena(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

Cibola 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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003S;003S 003W;004W 19;24 W2 (19); E2 (24) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE CLAIM GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Paleozoic rocks, undivided

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: Hop Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hop Canyon Mining And Smelting Co.
    First year 1900

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 731.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1910 CONSISTED OF ABOUT 2400 FT. OF TUNNELS AND CROSSCUTS, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P.259

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932, NMBMMR BULL 8, P.43-44

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, P., 1979, NMBMMR OFR-119, P.128-131

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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