Courtney Mine

Past Producer in Otero county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014006
MRDS ID D010603
Record type Site
Current site name Courtney Mine
Related records 10175157

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.83333, 32.91456 (WGS84)
Elevation 2294
Relative position ABOUT 7.5 MILES N81E OF ALAMOGORDO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Otero(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Rolls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamogordo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Carlsbad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln 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 Otero

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 011E 17 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE ALAMOGORDO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGL E AND THE HIGH ROLLS TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Rock unit name Abo Formation
    Rock description Abo Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.83333, 32.91456

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N27W
    Dip 30NE
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized In Permeable Channel Zones And By Carbonac Eous Debris (Fossil Wood And Plants).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1914
Year of last production 1961

Mining district

District name Sacramento District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Quentin M. Drunzer
    Home office Alamogordo, N.M.
    First year 1961
  • Type Owner
    Owner F. E. Calkins
    Home office High Rolls, N.M
    First year 1949

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1965 CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT AND TWO INACCE SSIBLE SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOULE, J.H., 1956 USBM IC-7740, P. 70-71

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 102-103

  • Deposit

    JEROME, S.E., CAMPBELL, D.D., WRIGHT, J.S., AND VITZ, H.E., 1965 NM BMMR BULL 86, P. 23, PLATE 3

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 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