| Deposit ID | 10174405 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350170312 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little Rock Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Ohio Mine, Copper Leach Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.40922, 32.65682 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1845 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Wind Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 019 S | 015 W | 17 | C E2E2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -108.40922, 32.65682 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| Year of first production | 1972 |
| District name | Silver City |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. P Thompson |
| Home office | New Mexico |
| Year | 1964 |
| Last year | 1995 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Phelps Dodge Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Arizona |
| Year | 1995 |
| First year | 1995 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350170312 |
GILLERMAN E NMBM BUL 83 P61
SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, #670, 4/95, P.7A.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PHELPS DODGE PICKED UP THIS PROPERTY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESERVES FOR THE TYRONE LEACH PLANT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 08-MAR-96 | New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
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