| Deposit ID | 10097782 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003218 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Evelyn Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Evelyn Copper-Gold Claims, Evelyn Property, Patented Claims 1921: Santa Rosa, Shannon, Brown Gold-Copper, Manhattan Gold-Copper, Evelyn Gold-Copper |
| Related records | 10151277 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.12529, 35.51006 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1945 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 16.8 MILES S 45 W OF SANTA FE, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Fe(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tetilla Peak(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Santa Fe |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 015N | 008E | 19,20 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | THE ORE SHIPPED IN THE LATE 1920'S WAS A SILICEOUS OXIDIZED ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 2.5 PERCENT COPPER AS MALACHITE AND 0.2 OUNCE OF GOLD PER TON. |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Espinosa Volcanics | ||||||||
| Rock description | Espinosa Volcanics | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Espinosa Volcanics |
| Rock description | Espinosa Volcanics |
| (1) | -106.12529, 35.51006 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults And Shear Zones |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | A Set Of Faults |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 TO 60 E |
| Dip | STEEPLY NORTHWEST OR SOUTHEAST |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1910 |
| Discoverer | W.H. And R.B. Paul, Cerrillos |
| Year of first production | 1910 |
| Year of last production | 1945 |
| District name | Cerrillos |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. Simonson, Denver, Co. And Alec Mathieson, Cerrillos, Nm |
| First year | 1945 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Page Rodman And W.G. Franklin |
| First year | 1912 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 73.15M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003218 |
DISBROW, A.E. AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 51-52
ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 30-33
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
DISBROW, A.E. AND W.C. STOLL, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 48, P. 52
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCURS IN 7 VEINS THAT STRIKE N 30 TO 60 E AND DIP STEEPLY TO THE NORTHWEST OR SOUTHEAST IN AN AUGITE-BIOTITE MONZONITE. ONLY THE GOSSANS ARE EXPOSED. THE GOSSAN IS HIGHLY ALTERED ROCK AND VEINLETS OF QUARTZ AND CHACEDONY ARE STAINED HEAVILY WITH LIMONITE AND MANGANESE OXIDES. THE AREAIS COVERED BY 5 PATENTED CLAIMS (PATENT NO. 818586; MIN. SUR. NO. 1659) DATING FROM 1921. THE CLAIMS ARE THE SHANNON, SANTA ROSA, BROWN GOLD-COPPER, MANHATTAN GOLD-COPPER AND THE EVELYN GOLD-COPPER. |
| Deposit | THE EVELYN MINE IS THE ONLY MINE IN THE CERRILLOS DISTRICT TO HAVE SHIPPED COPPER-GOLD ORE RATHER THAN ZINC-LEAD-SILVER ORE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1978 | Hasler, J. William | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1984 | Murray, Diane | U.S. Geological Survey |
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