Minerva Group

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097819
MRDS ID D008162
Record type Site
Current site name Minerva Group
Alternate or previous names Hall-Lytton Property: Claims, Minerva Nos. 1 To 18

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.14809, 34.02426 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 15 MILES S 82 W OF SOCORRO., Within A Radius Of2000feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(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)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003S 003W 21,22,27,28 SE (21); SW (22); NW (27); NE (28) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CLAIM GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lake Valley Limestone (Kelly Limestone);Magdalena Group
    Rock description Lake Valley Limestone (Kelly Limestone);Magdalena Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.14809, 34.02426

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Replaced Favorable Host Rocks.

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 Magdalena Mountains Area: Water Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hezekiah Hall And Lee Lytten
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 670.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF A 1500 FT. TUNNEL, A 30 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH ABOUT 700 FT. OF WORKINGS, A FEW SHORT ADITS AND SHALLOW EXPLORATORY SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 48-51

  • Deposit

    KREWEDL, D.A., 1974 NMBMMR OFR-44, 139 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 18 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 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.