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Ellis Canyon Prospect

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012498
MRDS ID D008153
Record type Site
Current site name Ellis Canyon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.18365, 34.08648 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 16.5 MILES N 82 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 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 003S 003W 32 SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Aragonite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kelly Limestone (Lake Valley Limestone)
    Rock description Kelly Limestone (Lake Valley Limestone)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.18365, 34.08648
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Replaced Favorable Host Rock.

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: Water Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Victor Pappa
    First year 1930

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF A 250 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH SEVERAL SHORT DRIFTS AND A FEW PROSPECT ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932, NMBMMR BULL 8, P.53-54

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.

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