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Cochiti District

Past Producer in Sandoval county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  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 10014373
MRDS ID D011116
Record type Site
Current site name Cochiti District
Alternate or previous names District: Bland, Cochiti Mining District, Mines: Albemarle, Crown Point, Iron King, Lone Star, Washington, Claims-Patented and Unpatented: In 1954 W.M. Bundy Reported 49, Patented Claims In the District, In 1935 J.C. Evans Nmbmmr General File Data Reported 18 Patented, Claims and 36 Unpatented Claims, In 1899 J.L. Zimmerman Reported 23 Patented Claims and 113 Unpatented, Claims In the District Claim Map, Nmbmmr General File Data.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.47087, 35.75838 (WGS84)
Elevation 2509
Relative position ABOUT 32.4 MILES N 8E OF BERNALILLO, NM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sandoval(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Los Alamos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Santa Fe 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 Sandoval

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018N;017N 004E;004E 25,36,35;02 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE UTM AND GEODETIC LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE PORTAL OF THE ADIT INTO THE IRON KING MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = CANADA (1953) 1:24000

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Keres Group
    Rock description Keres Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Keres Group
    Rock description Keres Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.47087, 35.75838
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Faults

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER: VEINS AND BRECCIATED OPENINGS
    Strike NORTHERLY
    Dip 50 TO 85 EAST AND WEST
    Length 457.2M
    Width 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Numerous Faults And Brecciated Openings

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer Major Edward Reaumont
Year of first production 1893
Year of last production 1948

Mining district

District name Cochiti District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dr. J. J. Depraslin (Also Known As Sandoval Gold Mining Co.)
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M .
  • Type Owner
    Owner Miss Effie Jenks
    Home office Santa Fe, N.M.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 11,700 FEET OF DRIFTS, OVER 6 ADITS, NUMEROUS TUNNELS, 3 SHAFTS 4 WINZES, AND ONE OPENCUT. ELSTON (1967) GIVES A CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIOUS MINE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 150-162

  • Deposit

    BUNDY, W.M., 1954, M.A. THESIS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY

  • Deposit

    BUNDY, W.M., 1958, NMBMMR BULL 59, P. 13-16

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.S., R.L. SMITH, AND R.A. BAILEY, 1961, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 12TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 139-144

  • Deposit

    BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 131-139

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 17-22

  • Deposit

    KUDO, A.M., 1974, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 283-287

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    ELSTON, W.E, 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 18.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COCHITI DISTRICT IS FORMED BY SEVERAL LARGE MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEINS THAT FOLLOW MAJOR PRE-DEPOSITIONAL FAULTS FOUND IN THE ELLIPTICAL MONZONITE STOCK.
Deposit SEE ALSO: ALBEMARLE MINE, IRON KING MINE, CROWN POINT MINE, WASHINGTON MINE AND LONE STAR MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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