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Sprouse-Copeland Mines

Occurrence in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Bismuth
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013297
MRDS ID D009518
Record type Site
Current site name Sprouse-Copeland Mines
Alternate or previous names Mines, Sprouse Mine, Copeland Mine: Joy Group, Claims, Joy, Dot, Mary, Ann, Oxide Nos. 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.41673, 32.57734 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position ABOUT 16 MILES S 31 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burro Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020S 015W 08,09 E2 (08); NW (09) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT OF THE SPROUSE MINE AS SHOWN ON THE BURRO PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Is Common And Monzonite Is Sericitized And Kaolinized.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Burro Mountain Granite;Tyrone Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Burro Mountain Granite;Tyrone Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.41673, 32.57734
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along The Northeast Striking Sprouse-Copeland Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 30 TO 50 E
    Dip 65 TO 85 SE

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
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Charles Russell, Tyrone, N.M. And C.R. Altman, Silver City, N.M.
    First year 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, SHORT ADITS, WINZES AND NUMEROUROUS OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • IN THE LATE 1950'S AND EARLY 1960'S, RUSSELL AND ALTMAN CONDUCTED AN EXPLORATION PROGRAM INCLUDING DIAMOND DRILLING, REHABILITATION OF THE OLD WORKINGS, TRENCHING, DETAILED MAPPING AND SAMPLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 73-76

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2191 COVERING 122.841 ACRES AND SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 120 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

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