Oohoo Mine

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107971
MRDS ID D007107
Record type Site
Current site name Oohoo Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim, Oohoo, Also Known As the Oohooh Mine
Related records 10126588

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.2342, 33.034 (WGS84)
Elevation 1532
Relative position ABOUT 7 MILES S 8 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palomas Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015S 004W 03 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN ENTRANCE ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF PALOMAS GAP ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE CABALLO MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.2342, 33.034

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fissure Structural Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1909
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Seymour S. Thurmond Jr.
    Home office Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
    First year 1947

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • REPORTED IN 1934 TO BE DEVELOPED BY A 400 FT. INCLINE WHICH WAS PARTLY INACCESSIBLE. REPORTED IN 1920 TO CONSIST OF A 1000 FT. ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 207-208

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 U.N.M. PUB. 4, P. 199, FIG.2

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 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