Azure-Rising Sun Mine

Past Producer in San Miguel county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Gold
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. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072169
MRDS ID W016619
Record type Site
Current site name Azure-Rising Sun Mine
Alternate or previous names Mine: Hadley, Claims: Azure No. 1, Azure No. 3, Azure No. 4, Rising Sun No. 2, Black Bear
Related records 10126163

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.46389, 35.80312 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 21.2 MILES N 56 W OF LAS VEGAS NM., Within A Radius Of 3000 Feet, Within A Radius Of 3000 Feet

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rociada(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mora(hydrologic unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Santa Fe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Pecos Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico San Miguel

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018N 014E 09 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM HARLEY'S (1940, P. 54) DIRECTIONS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Schist Has Been Extensively Altered Along Both Walls Of The Vein.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.46389, 35.80312

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip STEEPLY NORTHEAST
    Thickness 53.34M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 53.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein System

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PRECAMBRIAN SCHIST DOES NOT HAVE A FORMAL NAME IN THIS AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer 0.A. Hadley, Hadley, Nm
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Rociada District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Zummach, A. G.
    Home office Las Vegas, Nm

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 52.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE RISING SUN SHAFT, 172-FT. DEEP, WITH A 400-FT. TUNNEL DRIVEN SOUTH FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT; AND THE AZURE SHAFT, 160-FT. DEEP, WITH DRIFTS ON THE 100 AND 150-FOOT LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • O.A. HADLEY WAS THE EX-GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C. AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 116

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, C.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 52-56.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 76, P. 42-43.

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS IN A SERIES OF VEINS STRIKING N 20 W CUTTING THROUGH THE GRAY MICACEOUS SCHIST COUNTRY ROCK. THE SCHIST HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY ALTERED ALONG BOTH WALLS OF THE VEIN. THE SCHIST CONSISTS MOSTLY OF QUARTZ AND BIOTITE. QUARTZ AND CALCITE ARE THE PRINCIPAL VEIN MATERIALS AND EPIDOTE, GARNET, AMPHIBOLE AND SPECULAR HEMATITE ARE ABUNDANT IN THE WALL ROCK. TOURMALINE ALSO OCCURS IN SOME OF THE DUMP SAMPLES. THE ORE CONSISTS OF BORNITE, CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE AND MOLYBDENITE. VARYING AMOUNTS OF GOLD HAVE ALSO BEEN FOUND. THE OUTCROPS OF THE VEINS ARE OXIDIZED TO A BROWN GRANULAR MASS AND ARE STAINED WITH MALCHITE AND AZURIE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Weeks, Robert New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAY-84 Murray, Diane U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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