Little Rock Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.40922, 32.65682 (WGS84)
Elevation 1845
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 019 S 015 W 17 C E2E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT ONE MILE WEST OF TYRONE OPERATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.40922, 32.65682

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1972

Mining district

District name Silver City

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • 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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN E NMBM BUL 83 P61

  • Deposit

    SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, #670, 4/95, P.7A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PHELPS DODGE PICKED UP THIS PROPERTY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESERVES FOR THE TYRONE LEACH PLANT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.