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Linchburg

Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Calcium, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  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 10127198
MRDS ID D007908
MAS/MILS ID 0350530054
Record type Site
Current site name Linchburg
Alternate or previous names Linchberg, Lynchburg, Patterson, Linchburg Tunnel
Related records 10012338

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.195, 34.07229 (WGS84)
Elevation 2454
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 003 S 003 W 07 NENW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Gold Unknown
Greenockite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.195, 34.07229
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05W
    Dip 30W
    Thickness 10M
    Length 750M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 75M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N05W:30W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 120
    Date of Last Modification 810728
  • Area 7.2HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 7.2
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLASS OF AG UNKNOWN; PAST PRODUCTION INDICATES PRESENCE OF AG MINERALIZATION. SAME COMMENT FOR AU.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1910
Mining method Open Stope
Year of first production 1910
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Magdalena District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hydro Res. Inc.
    ID 2900757
    Interest 100
    Home office 4011 Mesa Verde Ne, Albuquerque, Nm 87110
    Year 1993

Comments on the ownership information

  • CLASS OF AG UNKNOWN; PAST PRODUCTION INDICATES PRESENCE OF AG MINERALIZATION. SAME COMMENT FOR AU. HYDRO RESOURCES INC. ADDRESS: 4011 MESA VERDE NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87110 PH: 505-266-2500

Production statistics

  • Year 1921
    Description Zinc / Lead Ore Quant. Unk. 1910 To 1921
  • Year 1951
    Description Zn/Pb Ore: Prob Comb Values 15% Zn/Pb 80000 Approx. Met. T. 1940-1951
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 15wt-pct
    Major Lead Lead 15wt-pct
  • Year 1968
    Description Zinc/Lead Ore Combine Values: 13.44% 400000 M.T. 1940 Through 1968
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 13wt-pct
    Major Lead Lead 13wt-pct
  • Year 1974
    Description Zn/Pb Ore 4% Zn 3.7% Pb; Conc 55% Each 14000 M.T. 1973 And 1974
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct
    Major Conc. Lead Lead 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • GRADE IN CONCENTRATES FROM SMELTER SHEET AVERAGES; RECOVERY OF CD ASSUMED TO BE 80%. ORE GRADE OF CD CALCULATED. AG RECOVERY IN ZN CONC. WAS 17.5% AU RECOVERY IN PB CONC. WAS 95.6%

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE OF CU, AG, AU AS AVERAGE OF CRUDE ORE BASED ON 10,000 S.T. MILLED BY HYDRO NUCLEAR.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2000M
    Overall depth 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OTHER OPEN STOPE METHODS
    Swell Factor .82
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 95
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 550
    Number of Adits 2
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    2nd Condition of Workings BAD AIR
    3rd Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 58
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 17.34
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 254
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    TITLEY, SPENCER R.; STRUCTURAL AND MINERALOGICAL CONTROL OF

  • Geology

    ORE, LINCHBURG MINE, SOCORRO CO., N.M. PAPER PRESENTED

  • Geology

    AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ARIZONA SECTION, A.I.M.M.E.,

  • Geology

    TUSCON, DEC. 2, 1957.

  • Reserve-Resource

    HUFF, CHARLES S., P. E. NEW MEXICO REG. #4170; PRELIMINARY

  • Reserve-Resource

    INVESTIGATION PROPERTIES OF HYDRO-NUCLEAR CORP. MAGDALENA

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING DISTRICT JUNE 1974 (CONFIDENTIA).

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD TABS

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, ARTHUR D., TERRAPET LIMITED, DALLAS, TEXAS, LETTER

  • Deposit

    TO WM. F. MCCAFFERTY, SENIOR V. P. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF

  • Deposit

    ALBUQUERQUE; EVALUATION OF MINE & MILL FACILITIES; APRIL

  • Deposit

    18, 1974 (CONFIDENTIAL)

  • Deposit

    LOUCHLIN, G. L. AND KOSCHMANN, A. H. GEOLOGY AND ORE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE MAGDALENA MINING DISTRICT, NEW MEXICO

  • Deposit

    PROFESSIONAL PAPER 200 DEPT. OF INTERIOR 1941

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS MAP: MAGDALENA DISTRICT; SCALE 1:12000 (APPROX. 2 MIN. 45 SEC.) 1932 EDITION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-OCT-96 Soper, J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/26/1982
MSHA mine ID2900757
Mine name (MSHA)Linchburg Mine
Current operatorCobb Resources Corp
Current controller (parent)George Lotspeich
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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