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Copper Flat Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101819
MRDS ID D009714
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Flat Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims Patented In 1897, Cumberland, Congo, Sumpter, Laura R., Copper Carbonate, Lime Mine, Copper Glance, Lexington, Free Silver, Superior, Little Key, Reservation

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.12283, 32.80678 (WGS84)
Elevation 1943
Relative position ABOUT 9 MILES N 77 E 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

Santa Rita Mine(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 017S 012W 19;30 SE (19); NE (30) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE COPPER FLAT NO. 4 SHAFT AS SHOWN ON THE SANTA RITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Magnetite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Copper Flat Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Rock description Copper Flat Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oswaldo Formation
    Rock description Oswaldo Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.12283, 32.80678
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Replaced Favorable Host Rock Adjacent To Igneous Stock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Central District; Fdierro-Hanover District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. R. Foster , Peru Mining Co.
    Home office Silver City, N. M.
    First year 1927
    Last year 1947
  • Type Owner
    Owner New Mexico Zinc And Copper Co. ?); Peru Mining Co. (1942?-1970?); U.S. Smelting , Refining And
    First year 1917

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Period ?-1947
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^6.70% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 7wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE FROM 1927 TO 1930, 1937, AND FROM 1942 TO 1947.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1948 CONSISTED OF A 400 FT. SHAFT, TWO 300 FT. SHAFTS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS SMALL OPEN PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, A. C., AND PAIGE, S., 1935 USGS BULL 859, P. 38-39

  • Deposit

    MULLEN, D. H., AND STORMS, W. R., 1948 USBM RI-4228, 8 PAGES

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 52-53

  • Deposit

    HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306

  • Deposit

    JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    HILLESLAND, L.L., ET. AL., 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: COBRE MINING CO, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 22 P.

  • Production

    HILLESLAND ET AL (1994) P. 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIAN OSWALDO LIMESTONE AROUND THE SOUTH AND EAST MARGIN OF THE COPPER FLAT STOCK. TWELVE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 961 COVERING 173.734 ACRES.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D011689 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 28-OCT-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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