Mary M Mine

Past Producer in Bernalillo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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. 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 10013012
MRDS ID D009067
Record type Site
Current site name Mary M Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims, Mary M., Mary M. Nos. 1 and 2, Tejon Millsite
Related records 10271959

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.43447, 35.02729 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position ABOUT 10 MILES S 72 E OF ALBUQUERQUE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bernalillo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tijeras(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(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 Bernalillo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 009N 005E 06 S2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE ADITS IN SECTION 6 AS SHOWN ON THE TIJERAS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = ALBUQUERQUE 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Tijeras-Hell Canyon Greenstone
    Rock description Tijeras-Hell Canyon Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.43447, 35.02729

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Remobilized Volcanogenic Deposits Are Localized Along A Shear Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Tijeras Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vincent Moore
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1975 CONSISTED OF A LOWER ADIT ABOUT 220 FT. LONG WITH SEVERAL SHORT BRANCHES AND A 75 FT. RAISE TO THE SURFACE. THE UPPER ADIT WAS CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1967 NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 12-16

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1975 NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 103, MAP 1

  • Deposit

    FULP, M.S., AND WOODWARD, L.A., 1981 NMGS NEW MEXICO GEOLOGY, VOL 3, NO 3, P. 33-42

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 CLAIMS AND 1 MILLSITE COVERING 65.653 ACRES. MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2185.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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