The Stauber Mine is a copper mine located in Guadalupe county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,279 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,279 Feet (1,609 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.85583, -104.85944
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Stauber Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stauber Mine
Secondary: Mine: Guadalupe
Secondary: D'Autremont
Secondary: Pastura Copper Co.
Secondary: East Mine
Secondary: West Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Guadalupe
District: Pastura 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Guadalupe Mining Co., Santa Fe, N.M. And Pastura Copper Co., Pastura, N.M.
Years: 1947 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Pecos Valley
Physiographic Detail: Pecos Valley Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sediment-hosted Cu
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: A Small Syncline Occurs Between The East And West Orebodies.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ANALYSES FROM THE ORE IN THE WEST OREBODY SHOWED 0.96 TO 6.25 PERCENT COPPER, AVERAGING 3.0 PERCENT COPPER.
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Tenorite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE SANTA ROSA SANDSTONE IS A MEMBER OF THE TRIASSIC DOCKUM GROUP
Comment (Production): THE STAUBER MINE IS THE MOST NOTABLE COPPER DEPOSIT IN RED BED SANDSTONE IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Comment (Development): GUADALUPE MINING AND PASTURA COPPER WORKED THE EAST AND WEST MINES COOPERATIVELY.
Comment (Deposit): THE STAUBER ORE BODY IS IN A FLAT-LYING SANDSTONE BED EXPOSED AT ONE POINT BY EROSION. THE OVERBURDEN RARELY EXCEEDS 50 FEET. THE EASTERN ORE BODY HAS A COVER OF SOFT CLAY OR SHALE. THE WESTERN OREBODY IS OVERLAIN BY SANDSTONE COVERED WITH CLAY. THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE MINE IS A SOFT CLAY. FOLDING IS PROMINENT WITH A PRONOUNCED SYNCLINE BETWEEN THE TWO OREBODIES. MINEABLE GRADE ORE IS 5 TO 14 FEET THICK. LOGS AND OTHER VEGETABLE REMAINS HAVE BEEN MINERALIZED. THE COPPER MINERALS ARE MALACHITE, AZURITE, CHYRSOCOLLA, CHALCOCITE AND TENORITE. THE ORE GRADE HAS VARIED FROM 1 TO 5 PERCENT. THE ORE IS HIGHLY SILICEOUS AND CAN COMMAND PREFERENTIAL SMELTING RATES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHAFTS, DRIFTS, INCLINED SHAFTS, SURFACE OPEN PITS AND TRENCHES. IN SOME PARTS OF THE MINE TIMBER STULLS WERE USED DURING PILLAR ROBBING OPERATIONS.
Comment (Commodity): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1947, USBM RI 4026, P. 6
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE MINE. THE MINE IS CALLED GUADALUPE ON THE PASTURA SE QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
References
Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 66, 90-97
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1947, USBM RI 4026, 7 P.
Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 24-29.
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1947, USBM RI 4026, P. 3
Reference (Reserve-Resource): USBM CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS
Reference (Deposit): STAUBER, I.J., DEC. 1930, THE MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, P. 929-931
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