York Mine

Occurrence in Bernalillo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013014
MRDS ID D009071
Record type Site
Current site name York Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.44058, 35.03785 (WGS84)
Elevation 2036
Relative position ABOUT 12 MILES S 75 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 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT OF THE YORK MINE AS SHOWN ON THE TIJERAS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = ALBUQUERQUE 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz 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) -106.44058, 35.03785

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tijeras Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner York Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINED SHAFT REACHES A DEPTH OF 120 FT.

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. 102-103, MAP 1

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 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.

External references