The Silver Tip Group is a silver and copper mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,500 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
Elevation: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 33.22444, -108.67167
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Silver Tip Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Tip Group
Secondary: Claims Patented In 1920
Secondary: Silver Tip
Secondary: Ruby Silver Queen: Unpatented Claims
Secondary: Bonanza
Secondary: Big Butte
Secondary: Big Butte No. 2
Secondary: Big Butte No. 3
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Mogollon Mountains Area: Wilcox District: Haystack Mountain Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Thompson, A. J. And Senn, R. L.
Home Office: Socorro, N.M.
Years: 1979 -
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Northwest-Striking Fault Cuts Across The Silver Tip Claims.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1979 CONSISTED OF A CAVED ADIT, A ROOM CUT INTO THE SIDE OF A CLIFF WITH A CAVED SHAFT SUNK IN IT AND A SHORT ADIT. THE SIZE OF THE DUMP AT THE CAVED SHAFT INDICATES ABOUT 500 FT. OF WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): 2 PATENTED CLAIMS AND 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1716.
Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE SILVER TIP CLAIMS. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Production): USGS BULL 1451, P. 138, REPORTED SEVERAL TONS OF COPPER-SILVER ORE PRODUCED FROM THESE CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): RATTE, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 138-139
Reference (Deposit): RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MAP I-886
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