Copiapo Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gypsum-Anhydrite, Iron
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295780
MRDS ID D009000
MAS/MILS ID 0350130063
Record type Site
Current site name Copiapo Mine
Related records 10012961

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.55056, 32.06324 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anthony(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 026 S 004 E 08 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary
Iron Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.55056, 32.06324

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. Schneider Co.
    Home office Texas
    Year 1935

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER C M & KELLY F J 1963 USBM 1C8190 P25

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM K C 1935 NMBM BULL 11 P243

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 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.

External references