The Battleship Group is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,639 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,639 Feet (1,414 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 32.31694, -108.75222
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Battleship Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Battleship Group
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1915
Secondary: Battleship
Secondary: Lookout
Secondary: Gila Monster: Also Known As the Flagship Claims In 1900.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Lordsburg District: Virginia Subdistrict
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kathleen Sullivan
Home Office: 935 Sunset Cliffs Blvd., San Diego, Ca. 92107
Years: 1981 -
Owner Name: L. K. Diffendoffer
Years: 1937 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Veins Occur Within Several East-Northeast Striking Shear Zones.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT LOCATED ON THE BATTLESHIP CLAIM.
Comment (Deposit): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1592 COVERING 45.185 ACRES. NEAR JUNCTION OF EMERALD AND ATWOOD VEINS IN ANDESITE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1914 CONSISTED OF A 164 FT. SHAFT, A 100 FT. SHAFT, ABOUT 300 FT. OF DRIFTS, NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS OR PROSPECT PITS AND SEVERAL TRENCHES OR OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Deposit): PRODUCED IN 1933-1939, BUT AMOUNTS UNKNOWN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1938 USGS BULL 885, PLATE 14
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 85-89
Reference (Deposit): FLEGE, R.F., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 62, P. 26-29
Reference (Deposit): THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151
Reference (Deposit): EVELETH, R.W., AND NORTH, R.M., 1981 NMBMMR OFR-166, 12 PAGES
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