The Turkey Group is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.48333, -105.80944
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Turkey Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Turkey Group
Secondary: Iowa and New Mexico Mining and Milling Co. Claims: Claims Patented In
Secondary: 1906
Secondary: Richard Carver
Secondary: Montezuma
Secondary: Monte Cristo
Secondary: Monte Carlo
Secondary: King Rex
Secondary: Lawton
Secondary: Little Iva
Secondary: Mattie W.
Secondary: Sunday
Secondary: Lucky
Secondary: Stonewall Jackson
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Nogal 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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Iowa And New Mexico Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1900 -
Owner Name: Iowa And New Mexico Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1902 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1902
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: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ELEVEN SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE RICHARD CARVER ADIT WERE REPORTED IN USGS BULL 1453 TO CONTAIN FROM 0.02 TO 0.08 OZ AU/TON AND FROM 0.08 TO 0.56 OZ AG/TON. THIRTY-EIGHT SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM 15 WORKINGS AND 3 OUTCROPS ON THE TURKEY GROUP CLAIMS AND REPORTED IN USGS BULL 1453.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE RICHARD CARVER ADIT WHICH IS THE MOST EXTENSIVE WORKING ON THE TURKEY GROUP OF CLAIMS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS AND STRINGERS UP TO 7 FT. THICK. ELEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1267 COVERING 210.3296 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1979 CONSISTED OF THE RICHARD CARVER ADIT ABOUT 500 FT. LONG, SEVERAL CAVED SHAFTS AND SHORT ADITS, AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 62
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 178
Reference (Deposit): SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P. 40-44, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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