The Chapo Mine is a copper, lead, and silver mine located in Hidalgo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,951 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,951 Feet (1,509 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.82833, -108.27139
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Chapo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chapo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Hidalgo
District: Apache No. 2 District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: F. P. Brown
Home Office: Hachita, N.M.
Years: 1939 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1939
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1957 CONSISTED OF A 180 FT. SHAFT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS. THE SHAFT WAS FLOODED AND USED AS A STOCK WELL.
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE HACHITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Deposit): FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1939.
References
Reference (Deposit): STRONGIN, O., 1957 NMBMMR OFR-18, P. 327, PLATE 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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