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Cox Mine

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10248356
MRDS ID D006853
MAS/MILS ID 0350510062
Record type Site
Current site name Cox Mine
Alternate or previous names Lead Camp No. 2,Camino Apache Nos, 1-4 Claims
Related records 10087429

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.21729, 33.02931 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palomas Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015 S 004 W 11 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.21729, 33.02931
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 75S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 350M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N60E:75S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Caballo Mountains

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fulton J. Cox
    Interest 100
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT HAS BEEN A MINOR PRODUCER
  • PRODUCTION - 1,009ST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS,F.E. 1966 US BU MINS IC 8307 PP 107-108

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Mcanulty U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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