| Deposit ID | 10097930 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011900 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | John Hays Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Guadalupita, Lucero, Republic Mines Company Copper Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.21527, 36.13894 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2338 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 12.8 MILES N 39 E OF MORA, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mora(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Guadalupita(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Taos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Raton(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Mora |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022N | 016E | 14 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| Rock unit name | Sangre De Cristo | ||
| Rock description | Sangre De Cristo | ||
| |||
| (1) | Permian and Pennsylvanian rocks, undivided |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Jarosa Syncline, And Several Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Several Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH-SOUTH |
| Dip | 60 TO 70 WEST |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| Year of last production | 1917 |
| District name | Coyote Creek District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. D. Collins |
| Home office | Santa Fe, N.M. |
| First year | 1943 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Caesario, Vendezia, And Isaac Castillo, And Leopoldo Coco |
| Home office | Guadalupita, N.M. |
| First year | 1943 |
| Year | 1917 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE CU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^8.5 Percent Cu | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 9.14M |
| Overall depth | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011900 |
ZELLER, H.D. AND BALTZ, E.H., JR., 1954, USGS CIRC 334, 10 P.
SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 30-32.
TSCHANZ, C.M., LAUB, D.C., AND FULLER, G.W., 1958, USGS BULL 1030-L, 55 P.
HARLEY, G.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 39-43.
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 109.
AGGREGATED USBM RECORDS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE COPPER MINERALIZATION IS CONFINED TO CERTAIN BEDS IN 3 OR 4 HORIZONS. THAT HAVE EXTREMELY STEEP DIPS WITH A SOUTHWARD STRIKE. CHALCOCITE, MALACHITE, AZURITE AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION OCCUR IN ARKOSES AND SHALES AS PATCHES, DISSEMINATIONS AND NODULES. THE COUNTRY ROCK IS HIGHLY MICACEOUS IN PLACES. ZONES OF MINERALIZATION ARE SMALL, ABOUT 100 FEET LONG AND 5 FEET THICK. MINERALIZATION CAN BE FOUND FOR 7.5 MILES DOWN COYOTE CREEK FROM THE JOHN HAYS MINE. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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