Buckeye Mine

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite
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. 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101430
MRDS ID D002927
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye Mine
Alternate or previous names Buckeye Group Includes the Mammoth Group of J Claims Patented In, 1908: Patented Claims, Mammoth No. 2, Oro Fino, Nineveh Copper, Buckeye No. 3: Unpatented Claims, Buckeye Nos. 4 To 8

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.13559, 34.0187 (WGS84)
Elevation 2141
Relative position ABOUT 15 MILES S 78 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003S 003W 27 SE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lake Valley Limestone;Sandia
    Rock description Lake Valley Limestone;Sandia

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.13559, 34.0187

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Minor Faults Strike Northeast And Northwest

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Were Channeled Along Faults And Localized At Favorable Horizons And In Fractures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Magdlena Mountains Area: Water Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Beacon Exploration And Development Co.
    Home office 6500 Cochiti Road Se, Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vernon F. Foy
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 258

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 46-152

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-77 Hasler, J. William New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references