The Hugo Deposit is a copper mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,880 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: 6,880 Feet (2,097 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.86694, -108.08139
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Hugo Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hugo Deposit
Secondary: Hugo Area
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Fierro-Hanover
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: Cobre Mining Co.
Years: 1992 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Spinel
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Forsterite
Comments
Comment (Development): ABOUT .15 OZ OF GOLD A DAY WAS RECOVERED BY DRY WASHING METHODS IN 1913, WORKED EARLY PART OF 20TH CENTURY.
Comment (Deposit): 1,500 G CONTAINED AU
Comment (Workings): DRY WASH METHODS
References
Reference (Deposit): HILLESLAND, L.L., ET AL, 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NM: COBRE MINING CO. UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 22 P.
Reference (Deposit): FIELD VISIT 10/94 BY KEITH R. LONG, USGS.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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