Copar Mill

Producer in Santa Fe county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Pumice
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126330
MAS/MILS ID 0350490068
Record type Site
Current site name Copar Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -106.23808, 35.92365 (WGS84)
Elevation 2085
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Fe(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Puye(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Los Alamos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Santa Fe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020 N 007 E 31 C New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -106.23808, 35.92365

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Copar Pumice Inc
    ID 2901129
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAPACITY 300 CYD

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY EXTENDS INTO SEC 32

  • Deposit

    SIEMERS & AUSTIN 1979 NMBM MAP RM-9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/12/2008
MSHA mine ID2901129
Mine name (MSHA)COPAR MILL
Current operatorCopar Pumice Company, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Kelly Armstrong
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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