Stella Maris #1 Copper Queen ?

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101444
MRDS ID D003409
Record type Site
Current site name Stella Maris #1 Copper Queen ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.99924, 32.15707 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 025S 021W 03,04 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Opal Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.99924, 32.15707

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Johnny Bull Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 75SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Simon

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 20M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 20 M. DEEP

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN PENNSYLVANIAN HORQUILLA LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO NW-TRENDING JOHNNY BULL FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Richter, D. H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.