The Tullock Shaft is a gold, uranium, copper, and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,951 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: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Uranium, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.53694, -108.35278
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Tullock Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tullock Shaft
Secondary: Valley Group Patented In 1916
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Valley
Secondary: Iron Sides
Secondary: Bell
Secondary: Talcacite
Secondary: Dagger Point
Secondary: Rabbit
Secondary: Eagle
Secondary: Mexico
Secondary: Dutchman
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains
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: Mrs. R. D. Tullock
Home Office: Silver City, N.M
Years: 1962 -
Owner Name: Micronesia Metal And Equipment Co.
Home Office: Washington, D.C.
Years: 1959 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Year Last Production: 1959
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: Fault Strikes N 70 W.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 260 FT. SHAFT WITH DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, A SHALLOW SHAFT AND A TUNNEL. THE MAIN SHAFT WAS INACCESSIBLE BELOW 150 FT.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN NORTHWEST STRIKING VEINS UP TO 4 FT. THICK. NINE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1626 COVERING 181.892 ACRES.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041.
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN,E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 99-100, PLATE 7
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND,D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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