Slide Rock Group

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012507
MRDS ID D008165
Record type Site
Current site name Slide Rock Group
Alternate or previous names Calamet and New Mexico Mining Co. Property: Slide Rock Group Patented, In 1914, Claims, Slide Rock Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10, Sara, Ethel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.20171, 34.0412 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES S 87 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Salado(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003S;003S 003W;004W 18;13,24 SW (18); SE (13); NE (24) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CLAIM GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitization And Silicification.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Paleozoic rocks, undivided

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Along Several North-Striking Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: Hop Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Calumet And New Mexico Mining Co.
    First year 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF TWO INACCESSIBLE ADITS ABOUT 200 FT. IN LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 44

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, P., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-119, P. 128

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 10 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1436 COVERING 205.029 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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