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El Oro and La Plata Group

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009797
MRDS ID D003012
Record type Site
Current site name El Oro and La Plata Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: El Oro Nos 1 To 6, La Plata Nos. 1 To 6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.98948, 34.14509 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES N 43 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

Lemitar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(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

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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 002S 07 18 07,18 SW (07); NW (18) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE CLAIMS ARE LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTHERN END OF THE LEMITAR MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE FIRST RIDGE CUT BY THE CANONCITO DEL PUERTECITO DEL LEMITAR, ALSO KNOWN AS CORKSCREW CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FORM NMBMMR GENERAL DATA FILE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone Forms Prominent Outcrops In A North Trending Zone Ranging Form 30 Ft. To 40 Ft. Wide.

Analytical data

Result 18 CHANNEL AND GRAB SAMPLES CONTAINED, 0.1 % TO 10.3 % PB
Result 0.2 % TO 22.8 % ZN
Result 0.11 % TO 1.64 % CU
Result 0.05 OZ AG/TON TO 2.4 OZ AG/TON
Result NONE TO 0.04 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lake Valley
    Rock description Lake Valley

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.98948, 34.14509
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Rising Mineralized Solutions Localized At Contacts And Small Faults And Shear Zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name Lemiiar Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner York Mining Co.
    First year 1950
  • Type Owner
    Owner Grover C. York And Susan S. York
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN THE 1940'S CONSISTED OF AN INACCESSIBLE 150 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT; A 62 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH ABOUT 200 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS ON THE 50 FT. LEVEL; AND AN ADIT WITH ABOUT 300 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CORSSCUTS INCLUDING A 50 FT. WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY , S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 92-93

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR NEAR THE CONTACT OF PRECAMBRIAN ROCKSSHEAR ZONES. 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-77 Hasler, J. William New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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