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Milagros Mine

Past Producer in Valencia county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087734
MRDS ID D008888
Record type Site
Current site name Milagros Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims, Nuestra Senora De Las Milagros, Folsom, Patented Claims of the Belvidere Group, Duey, New Port, Copper King, Belle Isle, Belvidere, McKinley, Taft, Hartford, Pearl, Good Luck, I.X.L, Bridget
Related records 10224079

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.43058, 34.89368 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES S 45 E OF ALBUQUERQUE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valencia(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Belen(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Valencia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 008N 005E 29 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS LOCATED IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF VALENCIA COUNTY AND SHOWN ON THE PHOTOREVISED MOUNT WASHINGTON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WOODWARD, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 73.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SEVEN ANALYSES INDICATED 0.023 TO 0.145 OZ AU/TON
Result 0.13 TO 1.23 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Sevilleta Rhyolite
    Rock description Sevilleta Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Tijeras-Hell Canyon Greenstone
    Rock description Tijeras-Hell Canyon Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.43058, 34.89368
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Northeast-Striking Shear Zones Occur In The Greenstone Along Hell Canyon.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike NORTHEAST
    Dip STEEPLY NORTHWEST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Localized Along The Shear Zone By Hydrothermal Replaclement Or Volcanogenic Processes.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1976

Mining district

District name Tijeras Canyon District: Hell Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Canorex Development Ltd.
    First year 1976

Production statistics

  • Year 1910
    Period About 1910
    Material ORE AU CU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^9% To 28% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 19wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • LINE 15 PRODUCTION IN THE 1880'S AND EARLY 1900'S ESTIMATE RANGED FROM 1000 TO 1500 TONS AND VALUE YIELDED BASED 20 DOLLARS/OZ AU.. LINE 16 PRODUCTION REPORTED AS 9 CARLOADS (RAIL CARS PROBABLY 10 TO 40 TONS) AND VALUE BASED ON 20 DOLLARS/OZ AU..

Comments on the workings information

  • DURING 1975 AND 1976 THE DEPOSIT WAS MINED BY OPEN PIT METHODS AND PRECIOUS METALS WERE RECOVERED BY CYANIDE HEAP-LEACHING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REICHE, P., 1949 GSA BULL, VOL 60, P. 1183-1212

  • Deposit

    MYERS,D.A., AND MCKAY, E.J., 1970 USGS MAP GQ-886

  • Deposit

    WOODWARD, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1978 THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, VOL 14, NO 3, P.73-78

  • Deposit

    WOODWARD, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1979 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 30TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 189-195

  • Deposit

    FULP, M.S., AND WOODWARD, L.A., 1981 NMGS NEW MEXICO GEOLOGY, VOL 3, NO 3, P. 33-42

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    WOODWARD, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1979 NMGS GUIDEBOOK THIRTIETH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 194

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 14 PATENTED CLAIMS COVERING 232.594 ACRES. MINERAL SURVEY NUMBERS 428, 613 AND 1846.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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