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Sixty Copper Group

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009942
MRDS ID D003241
Record type Site
Current site name Sixty Copper Group
Alternate or previous names Sixty Copper Group 1950: Claims, Sixty Nos. 1,2,45

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.40477, 34.07565 (WGS84)
Elevation 2201
Relative position ABOUT 30 MILES N 88 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

Tres Montosas(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

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 003S;003S 006W;005W 01,06 NE (01); NW (06) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN SHAFT SHOWN ON THE TRES MONTOSAS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE WHICH LOCATED NEAR THE HEAD OF ARROYO LANDAVASO ABOUT 1650 FT. SOUTH OF U.S. ROUTE 60.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Datil
    Rock description Datil
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.40477, 34.07565
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Economic information

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 Council Rock District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. S. Thurmond, E. Cobb, J. Cobb, And C. Mccarty

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 16.46M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 54 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND A FEW SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-78 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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