The Slide Rock Group is a copper and silver mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.04111, -107.20111
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Slide Rock Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Slide Rock Group
Secondary: Calamet and New Mexico Mining Co. Property: Slide Rock Group Patented
Secondary: In 1914
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Slide Rock Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10
Secondary: Sara
Secondary: Ethel
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Magdalena Mountains Area: Hop Canyon District
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Calumet And New Mexico Mining Co.
Years: 1920 -
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Mineralization Occurs Along Several North-Striking Faults.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitization And Silicification.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CLAIM GROUP.
Comment (Deposit): 10 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1436 COVERING 205.029 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1932 CONSISTED OF TWO INACCESSIBLE ADITS ABOUT 200 FT. IN LENGTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, P., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-119, P. 128
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 44
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