The Sulphur Canyon Mine is a copper mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,951 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,951 Feet (1,509 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.02444, -106.59972
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Sulphur Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sulphur Canyon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: White Sands Missile Range
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR MAIN ENTRANCE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SULPHUR CANYON AS INDICATED ON THE TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. LOCATED IN THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF ONE SHAFT WHICH WAS INACCESSIBLE BELOW 50 FT.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 82-83
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