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Las Minas De Pedro Prospect

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087922
MRDS ID D010913
Record type Site
Current site name Las Minas De Pedro Prospect
Alternate or previous names Copper Canyon Group Or Canon Del Cobre Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.33698, 36.29837 (WGS84)
Elevation 2126
Relative position ABOUT 30.5 MILES S 23 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canjilon SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Abiquiu(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 024N 006E 19 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MIDDLE ADIT OF THE LAS MINAS DE PEDRO AS SHOWN ON THE CANJILON SE TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation;Agua Zarca Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation;Agua Zarca Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.33698, 36.29837
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced Fossil Wood And Carbonaceous Trash Along Permeable Zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name Abiquiu District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Copper Canyon Mining Co.
    First year 1917
  • Type Owner
    Owner Plaza Colorado Land Grant

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AT LEAST FIVE SHORT ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 149

  • Deposit

    SOULE, J.H., 1956 USBM IC-7740, P. 57-58

  • Deposit

    SMITH, C.T., BUDDING, A.J., AND PITRAT, C.W., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 75, P. 41, PLATE 6

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 101-102

  • Deposit

    ASH, S.R., 1974 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 179-180

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 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.

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