| Deposit ID | 10087868 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010463 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chapo Mine |
| Related records | 10199034 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.272, 31.82847 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1509 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 44.5 MILES S 35 E OF LORDSBURG. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hidalgo(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Doyle Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Hidalgo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 028S | 014W | 33 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Mojado Formation |
| Rock description | Mojado Formation |
| (1) | -108.272, 31.82847 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| Year of last production | 1939 |
| District name | Apache No. 2 District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | F. P. Brown |
| Home office | Hachita, N.M. |
| First year | 1939 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 54.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010463 |
STRONGIN, O., 1957 NMBMMR OFR-18, P. 327, PLATE 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1939. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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