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Copper Dick Mine

Past Producer in Hidalgo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  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 10013909
MRDS ID D010464
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Dick Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1893, Copper Dick
Related records 10296044

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.46118, 31.85736 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Relative position ABOUT 37 MILES S 24 E OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hachita Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028S 016W 22 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE HACHITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Albite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hell-To-Finish Formation
    Rock description Hell-To-Finish Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.46118, 31.85736
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposits Occur In A Garnet Zone At The Intersection With A Lamprophyre Dike.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer J.B. Tyler
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Sylvanite District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tuco Mining Co.
    Home office Tucson, Az.
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. B. Tyler
    Home office Conneaut, Oh.
    First year 1950

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1905 To 1954
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 0.03 Oz Au/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 1g/mt
  • Year 1954
    Period 1905 To 1954
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 1.32 Oz Ag/Ton.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Silver Silver 37g/mt
  • Year 1954
    Period 1905 To 1954
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Ore Grade 3.73 % Cu.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE FROM 1905 TO 1907, 1909, 1911, 1916, 1934 AND 1954.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INACCESSIBLE, 80 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND A SMALL OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 338

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, P. 92-93

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1965 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 16TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 214

  • Deposit

    ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 19, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 850 COVERING 18.196 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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