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Silver Tip Group

Past Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012991
MRDS ID D009035
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Tip Group
Alternate or previous names Claims Patented In 1920, Silver Tip, Ruby Silver Queen: Unpatented Claims, Bonanza, Big Butte, Big Butte No. 2, Big Butte No. 3
Related records 10125919

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.6723, 33.22454 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 35 MILES S 09 E 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

Rice Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila(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)

Gila Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 012S 018W 26,35 S2 (26); N2 (35) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE SILVER TIP CLAIMS. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Apache Spring Tuff
    Rock description Apache Spring Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.6723, 33.22454
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest-Striking Fault Cuts Across The Silver Tip Claims.

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

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mountains Area: Wilcox District: Haystack Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thompson, A. J. And Senn, R. L.
    Home office Socorro, N.M.
    First year 1979

Comments on the production information

  • USGS BULL 1451, P. 138, REPORTED SEVERAL TONS OF COPPER-SILVER ORE PRODUCED FROM THESE CLAIMS.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1979 CONSISTED OF A CAVED ADIT, A ROOM CUT INTO THE SIDE OF A CLIFF WITH A CAVED SHAFT SUNK IN IT AND A SHORT ADIT. THE SIZE OF THE DUMP AT THE CAVED SHAFT INDICATES ABOUT 500 FT. OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PATENTED CLAIMS AND 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1716.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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