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Copper Lode Claim

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094474
MRDS ID D008150
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Lode Claim
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1908, Copper Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.19392, 33.99842 (WGS84)
Elevation 3094
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES S 77 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

South Baldy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Mateo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(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 004S 003W 06 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MINE SHAFT IN SECTION 6 AS SHOWN ON THE SOUTH BALDY TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitization And Silicification.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Hells Mesa Tuff
    Rock description Hells Mesa Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    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) -107.19392, 33.99842
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: Water Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Addie Driscoll
    First year 1908

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, P., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-119, P. 130-132

  • Deposit

    BOWRING, S.A., 1980 NMBMMR OFR-120, P.116

  • Deposit

    KREWEDL, D.A., 1974 NMBMMR OFR-44, 139 PAGES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1313 COVERING 20.235 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Menzie,David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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