The Scholle District is a copper mine located in Torrance county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,909 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,909 Feet (1,801 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.42389, -106.40417
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Scholle District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Scholle District
Secondary: Mine and Claim Names: Pritchard
Secondary: Jackrabbit
Secondary: Blue Jay
Secondary: Piedmont
Secondary: Star
Secondary: Robinson
Secondary: Doyle
Secondary: Rambling
Secondary: Loraine
Secondary: Hawkeye
Secondary: Blue Star
Secondary: Copper Girl
Secondary: Abo
Secondary: Gabaldon
Secondary: Pioneer
Secondary: Rattlesnake 1-4
Secondary: Scholle
Secondary: Scholle-1
Secondary: Thelma
Secondary: Thomas and Melbourn
Secondary: Mccandless
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Torrance
District: Scholle 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1961
Discovery Year: 1905
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: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS ACCURATE FOR THE ABO MINE LOCATED IN T.2.N., R.5E., SECT. 3, SHOWN ON THE SCHOLLE QUADRANGLE. THE DISTRICT LIES IN TORRANCE, VALENCIA AND SOCORRO COUNTIES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Workings): ALL OF THE DEPOSITS WERE DEVELOPED BY PITS, TRENCHES AND OTHER SHALLOW WORKINGS. ONE SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH WAS SUNK ON A DEPOSIT 0.5 MILES NORTH OF SCHOLLE. FROM THE SIZE OF THE DUMP, THE SHAFT PROBABLY DID NOT EXCEED 50 FEET IN DEPTH.
Comment (Development): THERE ARE SEVERAL ACTIVE CLAIMS IN THE DISTRICT BUT NO WORKING MINES.
Comment (Deposit): MOST OF THE DEPOSITS IN THE SCHOLLE DISTRICT ARE SIMILAR. THE ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH CARBONACEOUS DEBRIS IN FLAT-LYING (2 TO 3 DEGREE) SANDSTONE, SILISTONE AND CONGLOMERATES. MINERALIZATION IS IRREGULAR AND CONCENTRATIONS ARE SCATTERED. ORE BEDS ARE SMALL BUT OFTEN HIGH-GRADE. COPPER GRADES RANGE FROM 0.58 TO 5.72 PERCENT COPPER (SOULE, 1956, P.61). THE URANIUM USUALLY OCCURS IN CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH COPPER MINERALIZATION, BUT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVITY DO NOT NECESSARILY CORRESPOND TO THE RICHEST COPPER CONCENTRATIONS. THE URANIUM OCCURS IN SMALL PODS THAT HAVE BEEN UNECONOMIC TO MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 77
Reference (Deposit): LAPOINT, D.J., 1979, PH. D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Reference (Deposit): HATCHELL, W.O., BLAGBROUGH, J.W., AND HILL, J.M., 1982, NMCS GUIDEBOOK, 33RD FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 249-260
Reference (Deposit): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1984, NMBMMR OFR-192, P. 13-24
Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 57-61.
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): MCLEMORE, V.T., 1984, NMBMMR OFR-192, P. 52
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