Stauber Mine

Past Producer in Guadalupe county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014847
MRDS ID D011902
Record type Site
Current site name Stauber Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Guadalupe, D'Autremont, Pastura Copper Co., East Mine, West Mine
Related records 10247050

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.85997, 34.85591 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position ABOUT 11.2 MILES S 60 W OF SANTA ROSA, NM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guadalupe(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pastura SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pintada Arroyo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Guadalupe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 007N 020E 06 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE MINE. THE MINE IS CALLED GUADALUPE ON THE PASTURA SE QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1947, USBM RI 4026, P. 6

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSES FROM THE ORE IN THE WEST OREBODY SHOWED 0.96 TO 6.25 PERCENT COPPER, AVERAGING 3.0 PERCENT COPPER.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 197
USGS model code 30b
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu
Mark3 model number 63

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Santa Rosa Sandstone
    Rock description Santa Rosa Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.85997, 34.85591

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Small Syncline Occurs Between The East And West Orebodies.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip 3 TO 10 N
    Thickness 4.27M
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 243.84M
    Depth to bottom 18.9M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SANTA ROSA SANDSTONE IS A MEMBER OF THE TRIASSIC DOCKUM GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer A Mexican Cowboy
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Pastura District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Guadalupe Mining Co., Santa Fe, N.M. And Pastura Copper Co., Pastura, N.M.
    First year 1947

Comments on the production information

  • THE STAUBER MINE IS THE MOST NOTABLE COPPER DEPOSIT IN RED BED SANDSTONE IN THE SOUTHWEST.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Total resources 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 3 wt-pct Copper Major 1943
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Total resources 9000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Major 1943
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Total resources 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 4 wt-pct Copper Major 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHAFTS, DRIFTS, INCLINED SHAFTS, SURFACE OPEN PITS AND TRENCHES. IN SOME PARTS OF THE MINE TIMBER STULLS WERE USED DURING PILLAR ROBBING OPERATIONS.

Comments on development

  • GUADALUPE MINING AND PASTURA COPPER WORKED THE EAST AND WEST MINES COOPERATIVELY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAUBER, I.J., DEC. 1930, THE MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, P. 929-931

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 66, 90-97

  • Deposit

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1947, USBM RI 4026, 7 P.

  • Deposit

    SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 24-29.

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1947, USBM RI 4026, P. 3

  • Reserve-Resource

    USBM CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE STAUBER ORE BODY IS IN A FLAT-LYING SANDSTONE BED EXPOSED AT ONE POINT BY EROSION. THE OVERBURDEN RARELY EXCEEDS 50 FEET. THE EASTERN ORE BODY HAS A COVER OF SOFT CLAY OR SHALE. THE WESTERN OREBODY IS OVERLAIN BY SANDSTONE COVERED WITH CLAY. THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE MINE IS A SOFT CLAY. FOLDING IS PROMINENT WITH A PRONOUNCED SYNCLINE BETWEEN THE TWO OREBODIES. MINEABLE GRADE ORE IS 5 TO 14 FEET THICK. LOGS AND OTHER VEGETABLE REMAINS HAVE BEEN MINERALIZED. THE COPPER MINERALS ARE MALACHITE, AZURITE, CHYRSOCOLLA, CHALCOCITE AND TENORITE. THE ORE GRADE HAS VARIED FROM 1 TO 5 PERCENT. THE ORE IS HIGHLY SILICEOUS AND CAN COMMAND PREFERENTIAL SMELTING RATES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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