Co-Op Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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. Materials information
  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 10010001
MRDS ID D003337
Record type Site
Current site name Co-Op Mine
Alternate or previous names Good Luck Mine: Good Luck Group: Claims, Good Luck Nos. 1 To 16
Related records 10223407

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.50395, 32.44956 (WGS84)
Elevation 1989
Relative position ABOUT 26 MILES S 31 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021S 016W 29 CENTER OF E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE COOP MINE AS SHOWN ON THE GOLD HILL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Burro Mountain Granite
    Rock description Burro Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.50395, 32.44956

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Occurs At The Intersection Of The Well-Defined Co-Op-Mcwhorter Fault Which Strikes N 70 E And A Lineament Marked By Pegmatite Deposits Which Trends N 40 W.. Smaller Faults Striking N 05 To 10 W Also Intersect With The Deposit.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 60 TO 75 E
    Dip 30 TO 35 SE

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
Year of last production 1930

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District: Southern Burro Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Co-Operative Mining Co.
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1930
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wolverine Mining Co.
    First year 1930

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 518.16M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED ADIT WITH SEVEN LEVELS CONTAINING ABOUT 1700 FT. OF DRIFTS AND A SMALLER ADIT WITH TWO LEVELS CONTAINING VERY SHORT DRIFTS. MOST OF THE STOPING DONE IN THE MAIN ADIT WAS ABOVE THE FIFTH LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 16 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1930.
Deposit GILLERMAN, E., 1964, P. 120, REPORTED 60000 DOLLARS WORTH OF NATIVE SILVER WAS TAKEN FROM STOPES ABOVE THE 150 FT. LEVEL AND CONCENTRATES SHIPPED IN 1920 AND 1921 HAD A VALUE OF 43000 DOLLARS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Lawrence, V. A. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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