Mockingbird Gap Mine

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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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Mockingbird Gap Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Sierra

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
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

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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