The Mockingbird Gap Mine is a copper mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,449 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,449 Feet (1,661 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.47833, -106.44167
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Mockingbird Gap Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mockingbird Gap Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: San Andres Mountains District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1930
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 11.6% SIO4.
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLE FOR FLUORITE CONTAINED 82.9% CAF2
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SAMPLE TAKEN ACROSS AN 8 IN VEIN; REPORTED BY F.E. WILLIAMS, 1966 P.116
Comment (Deposit): VEIN OCCURS IN A FISSURE ALONG A GRANITE-QUARTZITE CONTACT WITH A FAULT. VEIN RANGES FROM 8 IN. TO 14 IN. IN WIDTH AND IS EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 150 FT. LATERALLY. FOOTWALL IS GRANITE AND HANGING WALL IS LIMONITE GOUGE AND QUARTZITE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A TUNNEL 150 FT. IN LENGTH WITH A 50 FT. WINZE, A VERTICAL SHAFT 120 FT. DEEP AND A FEW SHALLOW PITS.
Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS DISTRICT.
Comment (Location): MINE IS LOCATED ON THE WHITE SANDS MISSLE RANGE AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS NEAR THE MOUTH OF JOHNSON PARK CANYON.
References
Reference (Deposit): LASKEY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 80
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 115-116
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