Tullock Shaft

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium
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 10013299
MRDS ID D009520
Record type Site
Current site name Tullock Shaft
Alternate or previous names Valley Group Patented In 1916, Claims, Valley, Iron Sides, Bell, Talcacite, Dagger Point, Rabbit, Eagle, Mexico, Dutchman

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.3534, 32.53706 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814
Relative position ABOUT 17.5 MILES S14W 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

White Signal(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)

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 25 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Gold Ore
Torbernite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Burro Mountain Granite
    Rock description Burro Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.3534, 32.53706

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Strikes N 70 W.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 45 TO 70 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.22M

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 1950
Year of last production 1959

Mining district

District name White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Micronesia Metal And Equipment Co.
    Home office Washington, D.C.
    First year 1959
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. R. D. Tullock
    Home office Silver City, N.M
    First year 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 79.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 260 FT. SHAFT WITH DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, A SHALLOW SHAFT AND A TUNNEL. THE MAIN SHAFT WAS INACCESSIBLE BELOW 150 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN,E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 99-100, PLATE 7

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND,D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN NORTHWEST STRIKING VEINS UP TO 4 FT. THICK. NINE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1626 COVERING 181.892 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 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.