Papa Mine

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101740
MRDS ID D008163
Record type Site
Current site name Papa Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.18448, 34.07898 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 16.5 MILES N 85 W OF SOCORRO., Within A Radius Of 3000 Feet., Within A Radius Of 3000 Feet., Within A Radius Of 3000 Feet., Within A Radius Of 3000 Feet.

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 Salado(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 05,06,08 W2 (05); E2 (06); NW (08) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CLAIMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PAPA MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group
    Rock description Kelly Limestone;Magdalena Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.18448, 34.07898

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Replaced Favorable Host Rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1946

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: Magdalena District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sadie Pappa
    Home office Magdalena, N.M.
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sadie Pappa And Sons
    Home office Magdalena, N.M.
    First year 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOUGHLIN, G.F., AND KOSCHMANN, A.H., 1942 USGS PP 200, 168 PAGES

  • Deposit

    BLAKESTAD, R.B., JR., 1977 NMBMMR OFR-43, 162 PAGES

  • Deposit

    SUMNER, W., 1981 NMBMMR OFR-135, 151 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 10 CLAIMS PROBABLY NOT PATENTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.