Turkey Group

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014115
MRDS ID D010756
Record type Site
Current site name Turkey Group
Alternate or previous names Iowa and New Mexico Mining and Milling Co. Claims: Claims Patented In, 1906, Richard Carver, Montezuma, Monte Cristo, Monte Carlo, King Rex, Lawton, Little Iva, Mattie W., Sunday, Lucky, Stonewall Jackson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.80999, 33.48344 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position ABOUT 11.5 MILES S 20 E OF CARRIZOZO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nogal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruidoso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Hondo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(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)

White Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 009S 011E 33 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE RICHARD CARVER ADIT WHICH IS THE MOST EXTENSIVE WORKING ON THE TURKEY GROUP OF CLAIMS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ELEVEN SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE RICHARD CARVER ADIT WERE REPORTED IN USGS BULL 1453 TO CONTAIN FROM 0.02 TO 0.08 OZ AU/TON AND FROM 0.08 TO 0.56 OZ AG/TON. THIRTY-EIGHT SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM 15 WORKINGS AND 3 OUTCROPS ON THE TURKEY GROUP CLAIMS AND REPORTED IN USGS BULL 1453.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Sierra Blanca Volcanics;Rialto Stock
    Rock description Sierra Blanca Volcanics;Rialto Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.80999, 33.48344

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1902

Mining district

District name Nogal District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Iowa And New Mexico Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1902
  • Type Owner
    Owner Iowa And New Mexico Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1900

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1979 CONSISTED OF THE RICHARD CARVER ADIT ABOUT 500 FT. LONG, SEVERAL CAVED SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS, AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 62

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 178

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P. 40-44, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS AND STRINGERS UP TO 7 FT. THICK. ELEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1267 COVERING 210.3296 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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